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overswirl

overswirl verb: to swirl excessively.

Verb

overswirl (third-person singular simple present overswirls, present participle overswirling, simple past and past participle overswirled)

  1. (transitive) To swirl excessively.

Forms of overswirl

third-person singular presentoverswirls
present participleoverswirling
past participleoverswirled
pastoverswirled

Origin of overswirl

From over- + swirl.

Questions about overswirl

What does overswirl mean?
Overswirl means to swirl excessively.
What part of speech is overswirl?
Overswirl is a verb.
What is the past tense of overswirl?
The past tense of overswirl is overswirled.

Words near overswirl in the dictionary

  1. overswimming
  2. overswims
  3. overswing
  4. overswinging
  5. overswings
  6. overswirl
  7. overswirled
  8. overswirling
  9. overswirls
  10. overswollen
  11. overswore

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