overstore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To overstock; to save more than is needed.
  2. To attempt to store more than the capacity into which something is put.
  3. To open more stores than the retail market needs.
  4. To imprint (something) upon the memory such that it includes additional emotional content and/or influences other thoughts and memories.
  5. To overfill or overschool the mind (with certain thoughts).
  6. To overwrite memory or storage.
noun
  1. An instance of overstoring, a surplus.
  2. The opening of too many stores or stores that are too large.
  3. The overwriting of memory or data, especially when done in error.
adj
  1. Located above a store.

Word forms

overstore overstores overstoring overstored

Etymology

From over- + store.

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