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overtwist

overtwist verb: to twist excessively.

Verb

overtwist (third-person singular simple present overtwists, present participle overtwisting, simple past and past participle overtwisted)

  1. To twist excessively.

Noun

overtwist (uncountable)

  1. Excessive twist.
    • With any great amount of overtwist, the yarn just kinks up and will not go through the orifice.1987, Paula Simmons, Spinning and weaving with wool, published 1977, →ISBN, page 96

Forms of overtwist

third-person singular presentovertwists
present participleovertwisting
past participleovertwisted
pastovertwisted

Origin of overtwist

From over- + twist.

Questions about overtwist

What does overtwist mean?
Overtwist means to twist excessively.
What part of speech is overtwist?
Overtwist can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of overtwist?
The past tense of overtwist is overtwisted.

Words near overtwist in the dictionary

  1. overturns
  2. overtutor
  3. overtutored
  4. overtutoring
  5. overtutors
  6. overtwist
  7. overtwisted
  8. overtwisting
  9. overtwists
  10. overtype
  11. overtyped

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