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overtighten

overtighten verb: to tighten too much.

Verb

overtighten (third-person singular simple present overtightens, present participle overtightening, simple past and past participle overtightened)

  1. (transitive) To tighten too much.

Forms of overtighten

third-person singular presentovertightens
present participleovertightening
past participleovertightened
pastovertightened

Origin of overtighten

From over- + tighten.

Questions about overtighten

What does overtighten mean?
Overtighten means to tighten too much.
What part of speech is overtighten?
Overtighten is a verb.
What is the past tense of overtighten?
The past tense of overtighten is overtightened.

Words near overtighten in the dictionary

  1. overthunk
  2. overthwart
  3. overthwartly
  4. overthwartness
  5. overtight
  6. overtighten
  7. overtightened
  8. overtightening
  9. overtightens
  10. overtightly
  11. overtightness

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