"overheap" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overheaps [present, singular, third-person], overheaping [participle, present], overheaped [participle, past], overheaped [past]
Etymology: From Middle English overhepen (“to give overabundantly; exaggerate”), equivalent to over- + heap. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|overhepen|t=to give overabundantly; exaggerate}} Middle English overhepen (“to give overabundantly; exaggerate”), {{af|en|over-|heap}} over- + heap Head templates: {{en-verb}} overheap (third-person singular simple present overheaps, present participle overheaping, simple past and past participle overheaped)
  1. (transitive) To heap too high; heap up excessively; supply too much of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overheap-en-verb-TGfQqf~D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

Inflected forms

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