Overbulk

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To be more bulky than; to tower over.

    "Achilles must or now be cropped Or, shedding, breed a nursery of like evil To overbulk us all."

  2. 2
    To make bulky

    "Fabricating this type of thin margin with a computer-aided designed and manufactured (CAD-CAM) restoration may be more challenging, overbulking the margins at CAD design and after adhesive cementation."

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"Achilles must or now be cropped Or, shedding, breed a nursery of like evil To overbulk us all."

Etymology

From over- + bulk.

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