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🧈 To make too soft 🫧 To weaken
to oversoften

to oversoften

6.1
To make something too soft so it loses shape or strength
  • verb
  • /ˌoʊvərˈsɔːfən/
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  • If you oversoften the butter, it will be too runny for baking cookies.

Examples

  • Using too much fabric softener can oversoften your towels, making them less absorbent.

  • Be careful not to oversoften the clay, or it will lose its shape.

  • Don't oversoften the dough!

  • Sarah oversoftens her pillows every time.

  • If you oversoften the butter, it will be too runny for baking cookies.

  • Be careful not to oversoften the clay, or it will lose its shape.

  • Using too much fabric softener can oversoften your towels, making them less absorbent.

Antonyms

to harden
27 2.6

Make something hard or solid

to toughen
15 3.9

To make a person or thing stronger so it can handle hard situations

How Soft

to oversoften
6.1
to soften
55 1.3
to harden
27 2.6
to stiffen
25 3.7

Surface Forms

oversoften infinitive
oversoftened past
oversoftened past participle
oversoftening present participle
oversoftens third person singular

Morphology

oversoften = soften (transparent) = over + soft + en

Literal application of 'over-' + 'soften' to physical softness; clearly derivable by standard morphological rules.

Etymology

Oversoften comes from the first part over- meaning 'too much' and the verb soften meaning 'to make soft'. So to oversoften butter, clay, or fabric is to make it 'too soft' and lose the right shape or strength.