"overlash" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈlæʃ/ Forms: overlashes [present, singular, third-person], overlashing [participle, present], overlashed [participle, past], overlashed [past]
Rhymes: -æʃ Etymology: From over- + lash. Compare dialectal English lash (“extravagant”), lashing (“lavish”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|lash}} over- + lash Head templates: {{en-verb}} overlash (third-person singular simple present overlashes, present participle overlashing, simple past and past participle overlashed)
  1. To physically tie additional wires or cables to those that are already attached to a utility pole, accommodating any additional strands of fiber or coaxial cable on existing pole attachments
    Sense id: en-overlash-en-verb-2z8CFTgx Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 36 39 25
  2. (obsolete) To drive on rashly; to go to excess. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-overlash-en-verb-Hf~RfEKt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 68 13 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 36 39 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 77 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 76 6
  3. (obsolete, by extension) To exaggerate; to boast. Tags: broadly, obsolete
    Sense id: en-overlash-en-verb-V2fDTbys Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 36 39 25

Inflected forms

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