overslow

English

Etymology

over- +‎ slow

Adjective

overslow (comparative more overslow, superlative most overslow)

  1. Too slow.

Verb

overslow (third-person singular simple present overslows, present participle overslowing, simple past and past participle overslowed)

  1. To render slow; to check; to curb.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for overslow in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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