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oversteepen

oversteepen verb: to make excessively steep.

Verb

oversteepen (third-person singular simple present oversteepens, present participle oversteepening, simple past and past participle oversteepened)

  1. (transitive) To make excessively steep.

Forms of oversteepen

third-person singular presentoversteepens
present participleoversteepening
past participleoversteepened
pastoversteepened

Origin of oversteepen

From over- + steepen.

Questions about oversteepen

What does oversteepen mean?
Oversteepen means to make excessively steep.
What part of speech is oversteepen?
Oversteepen is a verb.
What is the past tense of oversteepen?
The past tense of oversteepen is oversteepened.

Words near oversteepen in the dictionary

  1. oversteamed
  2. oversteaming
  3. oversteams
  4. oversteep
  5. oversteeped
  6. oversteepen
  7. oversteepened
  8. oversteepening
  9. oversteepens
  10. oversteeping
  11. oversteeps

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