tape over
tape over · tapes over · taped over · taping over
To cover up with tapeTo cover up with tape.
» When the police entered the basement, they found Tom tied to a chair with duct tape over his mouth.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(transitive)To cover up with tape.
(transitive)To erase (a magnetic tape recording) by making another recording on the same section of tape.
Examples
2 sentencesWhen the police entered the basement, they found Tom tied to a chair with duct tape over his mouth.
Claudio placed a piece of tape over his webcam.
Translations
1 languagesForms
tapes over, taping over, taped over, taped over| Base form | tape over · to tape over |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | tapes over |
| Present participle | taping over |
| Past simple | taped over |
| Past participle | taped over |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.