OVERPRINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overprint mean? 

• OVERPRINT (noun)
  The noun OVERPRINT has 1 sense:

1. something added by overprinting

  Familiarity information: OVERPRINT used as a noun is very rare.

• OVERPRINT (verb)
  The verb OVERPRINT has 1 sense:

1. print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper

  Familiarity information: OVERPRINT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERPRINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something added by overprinting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

overprint; surprint

Hypernyms ("overprint" is a kind of...):

print (a picture or design printed from an engraving)

Derivation:

overprint (print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper)

• OVERPRINT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they overprint    ... he / she / it overprints   
Past simple: overprinted   
Past participle: overprinted   
-ing form: overprinting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

overprint; print over

Hypernyms (to "overprint" is one way to...):

impress; print (reproduce by printing)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overprint"):

surcharge (print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

overprint (something added by overprinting)