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oversugaring

oversugaring is the present participle and gerund of oversugar.

Meaning of oversugar

Verb

oversugar (third-person singular simple present oversugars, present participle oversugaring, simple past and past participle oversugared)

  1. To sugar excessively.
    • We oversugar, oversalt. We stimulate our tongues with spices and artificial sweeteners, our noses with artificial flavors, our eyes with artificial brilliant dyes. These are not things that nature has made, necessarily, although she provided the raw materials. They are superstimulants that humans...1989, Jillyn Smith, “Feed Me, Feed Me: Superstimulation”, in Senses and Sensibilities, New York, N.Y.: Wiley Science Editions, →ISBN, chapter 7 (Seeking Sensory Experience), page 211

Questions about oversugaring

What is oversugaring the present participle and gerund of?
Oversugaring is the present participle and gerund of oversugar.

Words near oversugaring in the dictionary

  1. oversufficiency
  2. oversufficient
  3. oversufficiently
  4. oversugar
  5. oversugared
  6. oversugaring
  7. oversugars
  8. oversugary
  9. oversuit
  10. oversuits
  11. oversulfated

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