"overcarve" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overcarves [present, singular, third-person], overcarving [participle, present], overcarved [participle, past], overcarved [past]
Etymology: From over- + carve. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|carve}} over- + carve Head templates: {{en-verb}} overcarve (third-person singular simple present overcarves, present participle overcarving, simple past and past participle overcarved)
  1. (transitive) To carve too much or too deeply. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overcarve-en-verb-noOkCB9K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 50 50
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To carve or cut across; cross. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-overcarve-en-verb-KCql2EQE Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 50 50

Inflected forms

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