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overwashes

overwashes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overwash.

Meaning of overwash

Verb

overwash (third-person singular simple present overwashes, present participle overwashing, simple past and past participle overwashed)

  1. (transitive) To wash too much or too often.
    • Even worse than being caught in daylight is the mortification, by Mr. Moore’s nocturnal lights, of wearing black clothes so overwashed that they start to look gray.2007 January 15, Janet Maslin, “The Vampire Wears Flannel, and He Cheats on His Tan”, in New York Times
  2. (transitive) To wash or flood over.
    • The waves overwashed the stony beach.
  3. (intransitive) To become flooded.
    • A man on one of the beach islands sends his wife and kids to the shelter, remains behind with their dog to finish boarding up the house, then the only road off the island overwashes, and he's cut off.1998, Lee Gutkind, A view from the divide, page 104

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Questions about overwashes

What is overwashes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overwashes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overwash.

Words near overwashes in the dictionary

  1. overwarning
  2. overwarns
  3. overwary
  4. overwash
  5. overwashed
  6. overwashes
  7. overwashing
  8. overwasted
  9. overwatch
  10. overwatch'd
  11. overwatched

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