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overtwist en · NOUN

Etymology

From over- + twist.

Meanings

(uncountable) Excessive twist.
- With any great amount of overtwist, the yarn just kinks up and will not go through the orifice. 1987, Paula Simmons, Spinning and weaving with wool, published 1977, →ISBN, page 96:

overtwist en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + twist.

Meanings

To twist excessively.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
overtwisting	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
overtwists	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
overtwisted	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
overtwisted	Tense=Past		lexicographic