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  • verb Present participle of overwash.

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Examples

  • So there's -- is there some type of dry spot in the middle or is it just overwashing the island?

    CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2005 2005

  • From about mile marker 11, 11 miles north of us, up to about mile-marker 110, there are spots all along there where the road has been overwashed by debris, seaweed, sand overwashing the road.

    CNN Transcript Sep 20, 2005 2005

  • They were very concerned that what they might end up with was six to nine feet of storm surge overwashing, plus a lot of heavy rain.

    CNN Transcript Sep 20, 2005 2005

  • Dry Idea: Alberto Culver Pitches Waterless Shampoo Noting the recent popularity of the so-called "French shower," Alberto Culver is launching a dry shampoo for consumers interested in saving time or water, or trying to avoid overwashing.

    Brandweek - News and Features Elaine Wong 2010

  • Noting the recent popularity of the so-called "French shower," Alberto Culver is launching a dry shampoo for consumers interested in saving time or water, or trying to avoid overwashing.

    Brandweek - News and Features Elaine Wong 2010

  • Dry Idea: Alberto Culver Pitches Waterless Shampoo Noting the recent popularity of the so-called "French shower," Alberto Culver is launching a dry shampoo for consumers interested in saving time or water, or trying to avoid overwashing.

    Brandweek - News and Features Elaine Wong 2010

  • Noting the recent popularity of the so-called "French shower," Alberto Culver is launching a dry shampoo for consumers interested in saving time or water, or trying to avoid overwashing.

    Brandweek - News and Features Elaine Wong 2010

  • Plus, make a fashionable dyed scarf with actress Rosemarie Dewitt Showtime’s “The United States of Tara”, and learn how overwashing and overcleansing could be hurting your health from Body+Soul editor Terri Trespicio.

    The Martha Stewart Show for the Week of March 15th 2010

  • Luce had taken one of the hospital blankets, paper-thin from overwashing, and wrapped it around my mother’s shoulders like a shawl.

    Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010

  • Luce had taken one of the hospital blankets, paper-thin from overwashing, and wrapped it around my mother’s shoulders like a shawl.

    Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010

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