Past tense of overcook
regular verb
The past tense of overcook is overcooked. The past participle is also overcooked.
Forms of overcook
| Base form (V1) | overcook /oʊ.vɚ.kʊk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | overcooked /ˌəʊ.vəɹˈkʊkt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | overcooked /ˌəʊ.vəɹˈkʊkt/ |
| Present participle | overcooking |
| Third person singular | overcooks |
Overcooked in a sentence
- The runner overcooked it on the first lap, and ended up finishing last.
- This meat is overcooked, almost burnt.From the entry overcooked
- His Elvis impersonation was embarrassingly overcooked.From the entry overcooked
- The consistency of powidl is only achieved by evaporating water from the overcooked fruit mash.2021 December 8, Józef Hernik, Maria Walczycka, Edward Sankowski, Betty J. Harris, Cultural Heritage—Possibilities for Land-Centered…. From the entry powidl
- If you boil it for hours, it becomes rubbery and overcooked.2020 September 6, Randall Munroe, “Can You Boil an Egg Too Long?”, in The New York Times. From the entry rubbery
Meaning of overcook
- verb To cook for too long or at too high a temperature.
- verb To do something to excess; to overdo; to ruin due to excessive effort.
Questions about the past tense of overcook
- What is the past tense of overcook?
- The past tense of overcook is overcooked.
- What is the past participle of overcook?
- The past participle of overcook is overcooked.
- Is overcook a regular or irregular verb?
- Overcook is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: overcook (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this page: “Past tense of overcook.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/past-tense/overcook. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.