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overwrapped

overwrapped is the simple past and past participle of overwrap.

Meaning of overwrap

Verb

overwrap (third-person singular simple present overwraps, present participle overwrapping, simple past and past participle overwrapped)

  1. (transitive) To wrap in a secondary wrapper.
    • Each unit load can also be overwrapped completely in multibags, without any of the usual back-breaking work of manually transferring and restacking, and fitting slings or nets when the load is inverted.1985, Wood Southern Africa, volume 11, page 48
  2. To wrap such that the wrapping goes beyond the edge.
    • These flaws can include a reed being overwrapped (wrapped past the end of the staple), underwrapped (not wrapped the full length of the staple), or slipped incorrectly (the blades of cane not meeting properly especially if one blade is completely inside the other blade); the cane being crooked on...2013, Jacqueline Leclair, Oboe Secrets, →ISBN
  3. To provide with too many wrappings.
    • Personally, we feel that overwrapping is more harmful than underwrapping in measles as well as in many other conditions.1935, The Hahnemannian Monthly - Volume 70, page 386

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Adjective

overwrapped (comparative more overwrapped, superlative most overwrapped)

  1. Having too many wrappings.
    • Make sure the baby's not overwrapped and hot. When in doubt, babies should be underwrapped rather than overwrapped.2013, Dr Howard Chilton, Baby on Board: Understand Your Baby's Needs in the First Twelve months, →ISBN
    • As a result, your toddler might fall on her face, your infant might eat dirty sand, and your overwrapped or underwrapped newborn might wail unnoticed in the stroller.2015, Jacalyn S. Burke, The Nanny Time Bomb: Navigating the Crisis in Child Care, →ISBN

Forms of overwrapped

comparativemore overwrapped
superlativemost overwrapped

Questions about overwrapped

What does overwrapped mean?
Overwrapped means having too many wrappings.
What is overwrapped the simple past and past participle of?
Overwrapped is the simple past and past participle of overwrap.
What part of speech is overwrapped?
Overwrapped is an adjective.

Words near overwrapped in the dictionary

  1. overworshipped
  2. overworshipping
  3. overworships
  4. overwound
  5. overwrap
  6. overwrapped
  7. overwrapper
  8. overwrappers
  9. overwrapping
  10. overwrappings
  11. overwraps

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