overhandle en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + handle.
Meanings
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(transitive) To handle excessively.
What makes these goodies different, the company says, is that they are formed by robotic machines so that the dough is not toughened by overhandling.
2008 March 26, Florence Fabricant, “Croissants Made by Robots”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overhandling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overhandles | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overhandled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overhandled | Tense=Past | lexicographic |