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overwore

overwore is the simple past of overwear.

Meaning of overwear

Verb

overwear (third-person singular simple present overwears, present participle overwearing, simple past overwore, past participle overworn)

  1. (transitive) To wear out; to exhaust.
    Synonyms:
    exhaust, tax, wear
  2. (transitive) To wear (an item of clothing) too frequently.
    • Because permanent press garments remain fresh looking, there is a tendency to overwear them, thus permitting them to become too heavily soiled.1966, Family Perspective, volumes 1-4, page 37

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Questions about overwore

What is overwore the simple past of?
Overwore is the simple past of overwear.

Words near overwore in the dictionary

  1. overworded
  2. overwordiness
  3. overwording
  4. overwords
  5. overwordy
  6. overwore
  7. overwork
  8. overworked
  9. overworkedness
  10. overworking
  11. overworks

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