Meaning

1 senses

  1. To tighten too much.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Yanni overtightened the bolt.

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Origin

From over- + tighten.

From over- + tighten.

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Forms

overtightens, overtightening, overtightened, overtightened
Base formovertighten · to overtighten
3rd person singularovertightens
Present participleovertightening
Past simpleovertightened
Past participleovertightened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyovertighten
he, she, itovertightens

Past simpleLesson

all personsovertightened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overtightened
he, she, ithas overtightened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overtighten

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overtakeB2overthrowB2overtimeB2overtly
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