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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overpluck en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English pluck English overpluck From over- + pluck.

Meanings

  1. To pluck something too much, usually one's eyebrows
    • Brows should be sculpted, but not severe (no overplucking), with a high arch. 2009 January 8, Laura Holson, “Working Toward Veronica Lake”, in New York Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overplucked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overplucked Tense=Past lexicographic
overplucks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overplucking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic