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overwaxed

overwaxed is the simple past and past participle of overwax.

Meaning of overwax

Verb

overwax (third-person singular simple present overwaxes, present participle overwaxing, simple past and past participle overwaxed)

  1. (transitive) To apply too much wax to.
    • an overwaxed floor
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To wax or grow too rapidly or too much.

Questions about overwaxed

What is overwaxed the simple past and past participle of?
Overwaxed is the simple past and past participle of overwax.

Words near overwaxed in the dictionary

  1. overwater
  2. overwatered
  3. overwatering
  4. overwaters
  5. overwax
  6. overwaxed
  7. overwaxes
  8. overwaxing
  9. overweak
  10. overwealth
  11. overwealthy

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