overdeck en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + deck.
Meanings
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(transitive) To overdecorate.
She was neither overdressed nor overdecked in jewels, nor over made-up as some of her peers were; nor was she overboisterous.
2015, Muneeza Shamsie, And the World Changed: Contemporary Stories by Pakistani Women:[…] but one great hindrance in this my design, is, that our clerk, who was once a gardener, has this Christmas so overdecked the church with greens, that he has quite spoiled my prospect […]
1819, The Spectator:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overdecks | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overdecked | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overdecked | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overdecking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |