"overabsorb" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overabsorb [canonical], overabsorbs [third-person, singular], overabsorbed [past], overabsorbed [past, participle], overabsorbing [present, participle]
Etymology: over- + absorb Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|over|absorb}} over- + absorb Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If a cloth overabsorbs, it absorbs too much liquid.
    Sense id: simple-overabsorb-en-verb-NVrVtUI9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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