Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To apply too much wax to.

    an overwaxed floor

  2. (intransitive, obsolete)To wax or grow too rapidly or too much.

Origin

From over- + wax.

From over- + wax.

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Forms

overwaxes, overwaxing, overwaxed, overwaxed
Base formoverwax · to overwax
3rd person singularoverwaxes
Present participleoverwaxing
Past simpleoverwaxed
Past participleoverwaxed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoverwax
he, she, itoverwaxes

Past simpleLesson

all personsoverwaxed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overwax

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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