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🌶️ To add too much 🪵 To treat too long
to overseason

to overseason

8.5
Treat materials like wood for too long so they become dry and damaged
  • verb
  • /ˌoʊvərˈsiːzən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sobrecurar
  • The chef warned not to overseason the cast iron pan, as it could develop a sticky surface.

Examples

  • If you overseason the wood, it may become brittle and crack during use.

  • If you overseason the wood, it may become brittle and crack during use.

  • They accidentally overseasoned the meat, making it tough and dry after cooking.

  • Don't overseason the chicken!

  • The chef overseasoned the soup yesterday.

  • The chef warned that if you overseason the cast iron pan, it could develop a sticky surface.

  • They accidentally overseasoned the meat, which resulted in a tough and dry texture after cooking.

Antonyms

unseasoned
  • Specialized
5.5

Wood that is not dried and may crack or bend

How Treated

to overseason
  • Specialized
8.5
to treat
211 3.2

Surface Forms

overseason infinitive
overseasoned past
overseasoned past participle
overseasoning present participle
overseasons third person singular

Morphology

overseason = season (semi-transparent) = over + season

Formally regular as 'over-' + 'season', but the specialized sense 'to season' meaning 'to cure or age' is less familiar to many learners, so inference may be only partly reliable.

Etymology

Overseason also uses over- ('too much') with season in the older sense 'to make ready, dry, or cure', as in 'seasoned wood' or a 'seasoned pan'. So to overseason something this way is to treat or dry it for 'too long', which can cause damage like cracking or drying out.