"overpluck" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overplucks [present, singular, third-person], overplucking [participle, present], overplucked [participle, past], overplucked [past]
Etymology: over- + pluck Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|pluck}} over- + pluck Head templates: {{en-verb}} overpluck (third-person singular simple present overplucks, present participle overplucking, simple past and past participle overplucked)
  1. To pluck something too much, usually one's eyebrows
    Sense id: en-overpluck-en-verb-DVaYAr-r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

Inflected forms

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