overbulk en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + bulk.
Meanings
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To be more bulky than; to tower over.
Achilles must or now be cropped Or, shedding, breed a nursery of like evil To overbulk us all.
c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
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To make bulky
Fabricating this type of thin margin with a computer-aided designed and manufactured (CAD-CAM) restoration may be more challenging, overbulking the margins at CAD design and after adhesive cementation.
2017, Jose-Luis Ruiz, Supra-Gingival Minimally Invasive Dentistry:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overbulked | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overbulked | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overbulks | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overbulking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |