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overstuff

overstuff verb: to stuff to excess.

Verb

overstuff (third-person singular simple present overstuffs, present participle overstuffing, simple past and past participle overstuffed)

  1. (transitive) To stuff to excess.
  2. (transitive) To cover completely with soft upholstery.

Examples of overstuff in a sentence

  • On this chaotic, overstuffed record, West’s divorced-guy energy cannot hide his declining artistry.
  • In deliberate contrast, the soft room was outfitted with overstuffed chairs and painted a deep blue.
  • They will have been driven in an overstuffed, underboosted car, to a party somewhere, sometime.

All 14 example sentences with overstuff

Forms of overstuff

third-person singular presentoverstuffs
present participleoverstuffing
past participleoverstuffed
pastoverstuffed

Origin of overstuff

From over- + stuff.

Questions about overstuff

What does overstuff mean?
Overstuff means to stuff to excess.
What part of speech is overstuff?
Overstuff is a verb.
What is the past tense of overstuff?
The past tense of overstuff is overstuffed.

Words near overstuff in the dictionary

  1. overstudious
  2. overstudiously
  3. overstudiousness
  4. overstudy
  5. overstudying
  6. overstuff
  7. overstuffed
  8. overstuffing
  9. overstuffs
  10. overstyled
  11. overstylised

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