Definition of Overdry

1. v. t. To dry too much.

Definition of Overdry

1. Verb. To dry too much. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overdry

1. to dry too much [v -DRIED, -DRYING, -DRIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overdry

overdried
overdries
overdrink
overdrinking
overdrinks
overdrive
overdriven
overdrives
overdriving
overdrove
overdrown
overdrowned
overdrowning
overdrowns
overdrunk
overdry (current term)
overdrying
overdub
overdubbed
overdubber
overdubbers
overdubbing
overdubs
overdue
overdust
overdusts
overdye
overdyed
overdyeing
overdyer

Literary usage of Overdry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"... indicate either lack of sufficient water at the roots or an overdry atmosphere, lK>th of which conditions can be easily changed. ..."

2. Seeding and Planting: A Manual for the Guidance of Forestry Students by James William Toumey (1916)
"The Advantages of Pit or Trench Planting on overdry Sites The depression of the surface of the planting hole below the general level of the soil is of very ..."

3. Industrial Medicine and Surgery by Harry Edgar Mock (1919)
"In a room in which the air is overheated and overdry the least movement of the air gives the sensation of drafts. If the moisture is increased and the ..."

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