overdry en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + dry.
Meanings
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To dry too much.
Such are puddings stuffed with blood, or otherwise composed; baked meats, soused indurate meats, fried and broiled, buttered meats, condite, powdered and over-dried; […]
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section 2, member 2, subsection i:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overdried | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overdried | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overdries | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overdrying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |