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overcoat

/ˈoʊvɚkoʊt/ verb C2
  1. To apply an exterior coating to. (transitive) · Wait 24 hours before overcoating with either this product or a clearcoat.

He/she/it overcoats · Past overcoated · Past participle overcoated · -ing form overcoating

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Verb forms

Base form
overcoat
He/she/it
overcoats
Past
overcoated
Past participle
overcoated
-ing form
overcoating

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About twenty minutes he waited, and then a tall man in a long overcoat, with collar turned up to his ears, hurried across from the opposite side of the street.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 24 · C1
The other, submerged in his overcoat, listened with interest.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 25 · C1
An opera hat was pushed to the back of his head, and an evening dress shirt-front gleamed out through his open overcoat.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 22 · C1
Then from the pocket of his overcoat he drew a bulky object, and he busied himself in some task which ended with a loud, sharp click, as if a spring or bolt had fallen into its place.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 22 · C1

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