Old English | sp | English |
Oven | n | An enclosed compartment of stone, metal for cooling food. 2. a chamber for heating or drying. 3. a small furnace or kiln used in metallurgy, etc. |
Oven | vb | To bake food in an oven. |
Oven | adj | Applied to wood that doesn't moisture in a stated interval of time when placed in a ventilated oven at 100c. |
Oven-glove | n | A thick covering for the hand, used for talking hot things out of the oven. |
Ovenless | adj | Not having or without an oven. |
Ovenware | n | Cooking utensils that can be safely used in an oven |
Ovenon | adv | From above. |
Oven-ready | adj | Prepared before sale so as to be ready for immediate cooking in an oven. |
Oven-ware | n | Dishes that can be used for cooking food in an oven |
Over | adj | Upper; covering; higher; superior. 2. excessive; too much or too great; |
Over | prp | In or at a position above or higher than: a sign over the door. 2. above and across from one end or side to the other. 3. to the other side of; across. 4. to cross the edge of and down. 4. on the other side of; as 'over the road'. 4. upon the surface of: put a coat of paint over. 5. on top of or hit down upon. 6. through the extent of; all through: walked; looked over. 7. through the medium of; via: addressed us over a microphone. 8. so as to cover: put rocks over a entrance. 9. up to or higher than the level or height of: over my roof. 10. through the period or duration of, over years. 11. until or beyond the end of, stayed over the weekend. 12. more than in degree, quantity, or extent: over miles; over a hundred dollars. 13. in superiority to. 13. in preference to: selected or chosen over. 14. in a position to rule or control. 15. so as to have an effect or influence on, a change. 16. at a point at which one is no longer troubled by. 17. while occupied with or engaged in; a chat. 18. with reference to; concerning. |
Over | adv | Above the top or surface. 2. across to another or opposite side. 2. across the edge, brink, spilled over. 2. across an intervening space. 3. across a distance in a particular direction or at a location. 4. to another often specified place or position; as towards the river. 5. to one's place of residence or business; invited over. 6. throughout an entire area or region. 7. to a different opinion, view or allegiance; win someone over. 8. so as to be comprehensible, acceptable, or effective; across: eventually got one's point over. 9. to a different person, condition, or title. 10. so as to be completely enclosed or covered, frozen over.
11. completely through; from beginning to end; think something over. 12. from an upright position. 13. from an upward position to an inverted or reversed position: turn over. 14. another time; again; counted over again. 15 in repetition; write over again. 16. in addition or excess; in surplus; left over. 17. beyond or until a specified time. 18. at an end; the game is over |
Over | pfx | In nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs)more than usual; too much; as overload, over-anxious. 2. completely; as over-glad. 3. upper; outer; as overtime. 4. over; above overcast. |
Over | phr | "All Over" - ended, or in every part. |
Over | phr | "All Over Again" - to do something once more. 2. do something for a second time. 3. (be somebody, something) repeated. 2. (be something, somebody) in identical or very similar form or character. |
Over | phr | "Be All Over Somebody" - be over-friendly with somebody. |
Over | "phr | "Bring Over" - cause a person to change allegiance |
Over | phr | "Come Over" - to change sides , as in controversy. 2. pay a casual visit. |
Over | phr | "Do Over" - to make over, perform a second time. 2. to cover, to spread, to smear. |
Over | phr | "Fall Over" - to lose balance and collapse on the ground. 2. to fall from an upright position. |
Over | phr | "Fall Over Backwards" - make every effort to do something. |
Over | phr | "Fall Over Oneself" - be overeager to please. |
Over | phr | "Get It Over with" - do or undergo something unpleasant etc. so as to get rid of it. |
Over | phr | "Give Over" - hand over, entrust. 2. to devote to a particular purpose or cause. 3. to surrender oneself completely, abandon. 4. to cause an activity to stop; end, leave off. |
Over | phr | "Go Over" - to gain acceptance or approval. 2. to examine or review. |
Over | phr | "Go Overboard" - to act foolishly and in an excessive way. 2. be over enthusiastic. |
Over | phr | "Go Over Somebody's Head" - without taking account of people in positions of authority between oneself and the person being favored or appealed to. |
Over | phr | "Half Seas Over" - fairly drunk. |
Over | phr | "Its All Over with Him" - he's finished, he can't go any farther (one who has been given no hope of recovery by a doctor) |
Over | phr | "Look Over" - to examine or inspect, often in a hasty fashion. |
Over | phr | "Lord it Over" - domineer, boss about. |
Over | phr | "Make Over" - an overall treatment to improve something or someone more attractive. |
Over | phr | "Not Over" - not very, not at all. |
Over | phr | "Over Again" - once again, once more, again from the beginning. |
Over | phr | "Over Against" - in an opposite situation to, adjacent to, in contrast with, in front of. |
Over | phr | "Over and Above" - above in rank. 2. in manner, or degree, beyond what is supposed, defined, usual; besides, as well, in addition, to somebody or something. |
Over | phr | "Over and Besides" - more, in additional to. |
Over | phr | "Over and Beyond" - (look over and beyond) anything without seeing it. 2. in looking to overlook or omit. |
Over | phr | "Over and Done with" - totally finished. |
Over | phr | "Over and Out" - indicating that radio conversation or transmission is at an end. |
Over | phr | "Over and Over (again)" - repeatedly, time and time again; on many occasions. |
Over | phr | "Over and Over Again" - repeatedly, with repetition. |
Over | phr | "Over Goes One's Bed" - to break , to go beyond or over go a moral limit, to transgress or to break wedlock, to act with infidelity, cheat or betray the trust of a spouse. |
Over | phr | "Overgrow Oneself" - grow beyond oneself strength. |
Over | phr | "Over here" - the country etc where one is/is not at the moment osf speaking (irrespective of one's own nationality), especialy one separated by sea, channel from another country, Britain vis a vis France, the US. See 'over there'. |
Over | phr | "Over My Dead Body" - something will be allowed to be done/happen only if I am dead, for example I am determined that something specified will not occur. |
Over | phr | "Over One's Head" - of a matter or issue too difficult for someone; incomprehensible. |
Over | phr | "Over-reach Oneself" - to try to do more than is possible. 2. to get better by cunning; to outwit. 3. to fail through excessive ambition and cunning. |
Over | phr | "Overshoot the Mark" - exceed the permitted limits in a contest. 2. to something inaccurately, or with poor judgement or taste; to exaggerate. 3. to shoot over or beyond one's aim or mark; miss one's mark by going too far. 4. to go farther than one intends any course. 5. to overreach oneself. 6. to fill into error. 7. to go or venture too far. |
Over | phr | "Overstep the Mark" - exceed in one's behavior or language, what is right, morally acceptable , etc. |
Over | phr | "Over the Edge" - insane, having lost control. |
Over | phr | "Over the Hill" - to old or worn out to be useful. 2. past the prime of life. |
Over | phr | "Over the Hill and Far Away" - not near; far away. |
Over | phr | "Over the Left" - in early Victorian days, a way of expressing disbelief, incredulity or a negative. |
Over | phr | "Over the Moon" - delighted, thrilled. |
Over | phr | "Over there" - the country etc where one is/is not at the moment osf speaking (irrespective of one's own nationality), especially one separated by sea, channel from another country, Britain vis a vis France, the US. See 'over here'. |
Over | phr | "Over the Top" - to rise above or above the top of. 2. to surpass the height. 3. surmount, tower above, top. 4. to rise above in power or authority. 5. be excessive. |
Over | phr | "Over the Way" - (in a street) facing or opposite. |
Over | phr | "Over Time" - from a historic or evolutionary perspective. 2. happening, as time passes; gradually. |
Over | phr | "Over to You" - in radio conversation, said to indicate that it is another person's turn to speak. 2. it is your turn, responsibility, decision (now) etc. |
Over | phr | "Over With" - completely finished, done. |
Over | phr | "Run Over" - to injure or kill by running over with a vehicle. 2. flow or run over a limit, level, top, brim. |
Over | phr | "Start Over Again" - to commence or begin something again. |
Over | phr | "Think (Something) Over" - to ponder or reflect on a subject. |
Over | phr | "Throw Over" - to overturn. 2. abandon. 3. reject. |
Over | phr | "Work Overtime at Something" - to spend a lot of time and effort at doing something. |
Overall | n | Including everything the whole range; taken as a whole, inclusive. |
Overall | adj | All-encompassing, all around; including or covering everything. 2. from one extremity to another; said of dimensions measured. 3. applied to dimensions that cover several smaller ones in the same plane. |
Overall | adv | Generally, with everything considered. |
Over-all'where | adv | Everywhere. |
Overalls | n | A garment worn over another to protect it from dirt etc; a boiler suit. 2. a garment worn for manual labor. |
Over-and-above | adj | Overmuch, too great, excessive |
Over-ane | adv | On one and tghe same footing; in common. together. |
Overawe | vb | Restrain by fear. 2. keep in awe or intimidated. |
Over-aweful | adj | Excessively aw(e)ful; awe-inspiring or reverential. |
Overbear | vb | To carry over, transfer, remove, put away. 2. to overcome, put down. 3. to repress as by power, authority or influence. 4. to overpower, oppress, subdue. 5. to surpass in importance, cogency, weightiness. 6. to produce too much fruit - (fig. produce too many offspring) - adversely affecting the fruit. 7. to bear or crush down by physical weight or force. |
Overbearer | n | One who carries over, transfers. 2. one who over powers, overrules, subdues; a ruler. 3. a tree that produces too much fruit. |
Overbearing | n | The action of the verb. 2. thrusting over by force, overpowering, forcible subversion. 3. imperious or dictatorial action; arrogant exercise of superior power. |
Overbearing | adj | Domineering, imperious, dogmatic. |
Overbearingly | adv | In an overbearing manner; domineering. |
Overbearingness | n | Quality or character of being overbearing: overpowering, imperious, dictatorial, arrogant. |
Overbeat | vb | To beat down. 2. overthrow, overpower. |
Overbeaten | n | The action of beating or dwelling with iteration upon. 2. excessive beating of the heart. |
Overbeing | n | A god, deity, divine being. |
Overbelief | n | A belief in more than is warranted by the evidence or in what cannot be verified. 2. a belief beyond that what is customary among adherents of a particular faith or sect. |
Overbend | vb | To bend over in excess; bend too far or low. |
Overbid | n | A bid that is higher than another, or higher than justified. 2. to outbid, to offer a bid that is more than the value of item up for sale. |
Overbid | vb | To make a higher bid than. 2. a bid that is higher than the others. |
Overbidder | n | One who makes a higher bid than another, or higher than justified. |
Overbidding | n | The act or action of making a higher bid than another or one higher than justified. |
Overbide | vb | To remain over after, to tarry, to outlast, survive, outlive. |
Overbind | adj | To bind or restrict to an excessive extent. |
Overbite | n | Projection of the upper incisor teeth in front of the lower in attempted occlusions. 2. the overlapping of the lower teeth; especially the incisor. |
Overbitter | adj | Excessive bitter in taste and attitude. |
Overbitterness | n | The state or quality of being an excessively bitter. |
Overblow | vb | To blow a thing over the top of another thing. 2. to blow over one's head. 3. of a storm: excessively strong. 4. to cover with blossom. 5. a period or instance of overblowing. |
Overblown | adj | Blown over, that has passed away. 2. inflated, swollen, puffed up. 3. too much blown, more than full blown. 4. applied toan organ pipe that produces a sound higher than the correct one. |
Overboard | adv | Out, or over the side, of a boat, or ship, and into the water. |
Overboding | n | Foretelling or portending excessively. |
Overbody | n | An upper or outer bodice. |
Overbold | adj | Unduly bold, greatly daring, almost fearless. 2. presumptious, unduly or excessively bold. |
Overboldly | adv | In an overbold manner, with too much boldness. |
Overboldness | n | Excessive boldness, audacity, presumptuousness. |
Overbook | vb | Accepting or making more reservations than the venue can hold or the occasion can accommodate. |
Overbooked | adj | Having had more seats or tickets sold or guaranteed then were available. |
Overbooker | n | A company or individual who overbooks or sells more seats or tickets tahn were available. |
Overbookish | adj | Excessively bookish, over-studious; pedantic, bookwormish. |
Overboot | vb | A heavy overshoe. |
Overborrow | vb | To borrow too much money. |
Overbow | vb | To bend in excess. |
Overbrand | vb | To use too many brand (proprietary ) names in marketing. |
Overbreadth | n | The excessive broadening of a statute that, in proscribing unprotected speech, also proscribes protected speech. |
Overbreak | vb | To break over. |
Overbreathe | vb | To put out of breathe. 2. to breathe over. 3. overbreathing. |
Overbrede | vb | To overspread, to cover all over. |
Overbreed | vb | To breed excessively. |
Overbridge | vb | To make a bridge over. |
Overbright | adj | Excessively bright, too bright. |
Overbrim | vb | To overflow at the brim. 2. to overflow at the brim. |
Overbrimmed | adj | Overflowed. |
Overbrimming | n | State or condition of overflowing (the brim). |
Overbring | vb | To bring over or across. 2. to translate. |
Overbroad | adj | Too broad. |
Overbrood | vb | Hover over excessively. 2. over-mother, care too much for. |
Overbrow | n | The eyebrow. |
Overbuild | vb | Put or construct too many buildings in an area. 2. to build over the top of. |
Overbuilder | n | A person or organization what overbuilds or builds on a too elaborate a scale. 2. a company that utilizes or builds on an existing building. |
Overbuilt | adj | Having an excessive construction performed on a building or on an area. |
Overburden | vb | To load with too great of a burden; overload. 2. too burden too heavily or too much weight. |
Overburdened | adj | Overloaded, excessively burdened. |
Over-burdensome | adj | Excessively difficult to bear. |
Overburn | vb | To burn to much, either accidentally or by deliberation. 2. in computing - to record more than the usual available data capacity onto an optical disc. |
Overburning | n | The action of the verb 'overburn'. |
Overburningly | adv | Over ardently. |
Overbusy | adj | Excessively busy. |
Overbuy | vb | To buy to much than is needed; squander. |
Overby | adv | A little way over; of a short distance, over near; as, 'our friends overby'. |
Overcall | n | An instance or act of overcalling. |
Overcall | vb | Make a higher bid than one's opponent builder. 2. overbid. |
Overcare | vb | To care too much or to be over-caring; to care unduly or excessively, often with anxiety. |
Overcareful | adj | Excessively or unduly careful, too careful or anxious. |
Over-carefully | adv | In a manner excessively careful or attention paying. |
Over-carefullness | n | The trait of being excessively cautious; the quality of being cautious. |
Over-careless | adj | Marked by a total lack of attention, consideration, forethought or thoroughness. 2. without any due thought or consideration. |
Overcaring | n | Feeling and exhibiting excessive caring and empathy for others. |
Overcast | n | Cloud or clouds covering nine-tenths of the sky. |
Overcast | adj | (Of the weather or the sky)marked by a covering of grey cloud; clouded, dull. 2. cloud covering a large part of the sky |
Overcast | vb | To cover with cloud or shade; to darken. 2. to stitch roughly , so as to prevent unraveling. |
Overcast | vb | To overthrow; tip over. |
Overcarve | vb | To cut across, intersect. |
Overchill | vb | To chill too much. |
Overclean | vb | To clean to an excessive degree. |
Overclothes | n | Outer garments. |
Overclothing | n | Over garments collectively. |
Overcloud | vb | To become cloudy or covered with clouds. 2. to overspread or cover with clouds; nubilate. 3. make obscure or unclear. 4. to make dark and gloomy. |
Overclouded | adj | Covered excessively by clouds. 2. overcast, nubilous, nimbose, gloomy, dark. |
Overclouding | n | The state or condition of being nubilated or overclouded. |
Overcloudy | adj | Thickly or densely covered by clouds. 2. of thick or very clouded sediment; extremely murky. |
Overcold | adj | Too or very cold. |
Overcome | vb | To come over; move or pass over or throughout obstacles. 2. to reach or extend over or throughout; spread over; cover; overflow; surcharge. 3. to overwhelm; oppress; overpower; surmount; conquer; overpower, vanquish; subdue. 4. to get beyond; outstrip; excel. 6. to gain the superiority; be victorious; conquer. 5. overpowered by liquor; intoxicated. |
Overcome | phr | "To Be Overcome" - (resulting from fear, emotion, fatigue etc) to be exhausted or helpless. |
Overcomer | n | One who overcomes; a conqueror, vanquisher. 2. an emigrant, foreigner, alien. |
Overcoming | adj | Overcoming, overpowering, oppressive, overwhelming, presumptious, overcomingly |
Overcooled | adj | Cooled to an excessive degree. |
Overcooling | adj | Excessive cooling, esp. in the cooling of an engine. |
Overcraftly | adj | Deceitful, cunning |
Overcreep | vb | To creep over. |
Overcrop | vb | To exhaust land by continuous cropping. |
Overcrow | vb | To exult over; praise exceedingly. 2. triumph over. |
Overcrow | vb | To crow or exult over; to triumph over, to overpower. |
Overcrowd | vb | To fill or crowd with excess. |
Overcunning | adj | An excess of cunning, too great of knowing or knowingness. |
Overcunning | adj | Too cunning. |
Overdare | n | Daring, boldness, foolhardiness to an unduly level. |
Overdare | vb | To surpass in daring. |
Overdaring | n | The action of being too daring; excessive boldness, presumption. |
Overdaring | adj | Unduly or impudently bold; foolhardy. |
Overdark | adj | Over dark or gloomy. |
Overdark | adv | In the dark, till after dark. |
Overdeal | n | A part or portion left over or in surplus, a surplus, an excess or plus. |
Overdear | adj | Excessively or exceedingly dear. 2. too costly, expensive. |
Overdearness | n | Fact or being too dear or exceedingly expensive. |
Overdeed | n | An overdoing, an excess in doing, an intemperance. |
Overdeepen | vb | To deepen further, make even deeper. |
Overdight | vb | To cover overhead; to cover all over |
Overdo | vb | To do excessively; carry too far; exaggerate. 2. to overtax the strength; exhaust; usually used reflexively or passively. 3. to do too much; to fatigue; to exaggerate. 4. to surpass, to outdo. 5. to cook too much. |
Overdo | phr | "Overdo It" - exhaust oneself. |
Overdog | n | Top dog, as opposed to underdog. |
Overdoing | adj | That overdoes or does too much; overdone. |
Overdone | vb | Carried too excess, take too far, exaggerate; over-acted. 2. cook too much. |
Overdone | phr | "At Overdone" - at an excessive rate; to excess. |
Overdonely | adv | Excessively. |
Overdoor | n | An ornamental finish at the tead of a door. |
Overdraw | n | To draw money from one's bank account in excess of what the account holds. 2. the enlargement beyond the bounds or truth; romanticize. 3. overdraft. |
Overdraw | vb | The drawing of money from one's bank account in excess of what the account holds. 2. to enlarge beyond the bounds or truth; romanticize. 3. to draw excessively, as a bow. 4. to exaggerate a representation of. |
Overdrawn | adj | Drawn in excess of what money one's bank account holds. |
Overdreve | vb | To stud with nails driven into the whole surface. |
Overdrink | vb | To drink strong liquor excessively. |
Overdrinking | n | The act of drinking hard or strong liquor excessively and for too long.. |
Overdrip | vb | See 'overdrop' |
Overdrive | n | A mechanism in a motor vehicle providing a gear ratio higher than that of a usual gear. 2. an additional speed-increasing gear. 3. a state of of high or excessive activity. |
Overdrive | vb | To drive away, dispel, overthrow. 2. to cause time to pass or lapse. 3. to bring to an end. 4. to pass, spend, use up. |
Overdrop | vb | To drop over, overhang, overshadow. |
Overdrown | vb | To flood with water. 2. submerge, drench, inundate, wet excessively. |
Over-early | adj | Too early, premature, prematurely, too soon. |
Overearnest | adj | Over ardent or intense. |
Overeat | vb | To eat in excessive, be a glutton, gormandize. |
Overeating | n | The action of overeating. |
Over-end | n | The upper end, the top, overend. |
Over-english | vb | To exaggerate a description in English. |
Overer | n | A superior, higher in status or position. 2. upper or higher part of a region. 3. upper of two things. 4. a person of higher rank or superiority. |
Overest | n | The person supreme over others; a ruler. |
Overest | adj | Highest position, uppermost, above the rest. 2. fig. the highest in status. |
Overest | adv | In the highest or uppermost position. |
Over-eye | vb | To cast an eye over. to watch carefully, observe. 3. watch over, take care of. |
Overfall | n | A waterfall in a river; rapids, cataract. 2. a rapid sea-current formed by the peculiarities of the bottom, or of the winds, tides etc, etc a race. 3. a sudden drop in the bottom of the sea. 4. a catch basin for overflow, as from a canal. |
Overfall | vb | To fall upon or over. 2. to attack assail, fall upon. |
Overfare | vb | To pass over, across, or through; traverse. |
Overfat | adj | Very fat, obese. |
Overfear | n | Excessive fear, terrification. |
Overfearful | adj | Exceedingly fearful, absolutely terrified. |
Overfearfully | adv | In a terrifying or fearful manner. |
Overfearfulness | n | State or condition of excesively fearful. |
Ovefeed | vb | Feed to much or excessively. |
Overfew | adj | Too few. |
Overfill | vb | Fill beyond a reasonable or safe limit. |
Overfilled | adj | Filled beyond the limit. |
Overfilling | n | The act or action of filling beyond a reasonable or safe limit. |
Overfire | vb | To heat too much. |
Over-fired | adj | Fired at a high (or excessively high) temperature. 2. of a cooker: having a heat source that is above the food being cooked. |
Ovefish | vb | To deplete the stock of fish by over-fishing. |
Overfishing | n | The act or action of depletion a stock of fish. |
Overflee | vb | To flee over, escape from, to run from, run away. |
Overfleet | vb | To flow over, overflow, cover over with floating things. |
Overflight | n | The act of flying over or beyond a territory, region or place. |
Overfloat | vb | To overflow, flow over. |
Overflood | vb | Flood or inundate greatly. |
Overfloten | adj | Overflowed, flooded, over-flooded, immersed, submersed. |
Overflow | vb | Flow over the edge, limits, brim of a receptacle or container. 2. flow or flow over the brim or bank, as water, or a river. 3. to flow over or spread over, cover. 4. to superabund. 5. to fill beyond capacity over the edge, caused to overflow, as over the limits, or brim of a receptacle or container. 6. of a gathering or multitude to extend beyond the boundary or limits. 3. |
Overflow | n | What overflow or is superfluous; a superabundance; surplus water. 2. an instance of overflowing of a flowing over. 3. an outlet or valve to discharge excess water. |
Overflow | adj | Too full, abundant. 2. of kindness, warmness to issue abundantly |
Overflow hole | n | An outlet that allows the escape of surplus water or other liquids. |
Overflowing | n | An overflow; that which overflows. 2. copiousness, exuberance. 3. copious, running over the brim, abundant. |
Overflowing | adj | Covered and flowing over with water or other liquids. |
Overflow meeting | n | A meeting for those who can not fit into main building or arena. |
Overfly | vb | Fly beyond a place, area or region. |
Overfold | n | A series of strata folded so as that the middle part is upside down. |
Overforth | adv | Very far forth; forward or onward. |
Overforward | adj | Too forward; precocious, overbold, over presumptuous |
Overforwardly | adv | Advancing or going forward in a too rapid rate. |
Overforwardness | n | Precocity. 2. over bold in manners and conduct. 3. advancing far too quickly. |
Over-friendliness | n | The quality of being too friendly. |
Over-friendly | adv | Excessively friendly |
Overfree | adj | Excessive or too much freedom. 2. laxity in parents in child rearing. |
Overfreedom | n | Too liberal or lacking in responsibility. |
Overfrozen | adj | Frozen to an icy state or near icy state. |
Overfulfil | vb | A plan etc beyond expectation or before the appointed time. |
Overfull | adj | Full beyond its capacity. |
Overfulness | n | Of eating or drinking: the state or condition of being overfull. 2. of a place, region, country, venue full beyond its capacity. |
Overfyll | n | Overfulness, sep. in eating or drinking, a surfeit, repletion. |
Overgang | vb | To head over, trample upon, conquer drew power, get the better off. 2. to go over, across, overstep, transgress, to go beyond, exceed. |
Overgate | n | A way over a wall or stream (ford). |
Overget | vb | To overtake. 2. to get over, surmount. 3. recover from illness' affects, shock etc. 4. get the better of, outwit. 5. to prevail upon; take possession of a place, etc. |
Overgild | vb | To gild over. |
Overgird | vb | Too gird too closely or tightly. |
Overgive | vb | To give over, surrender, yield. 2. to give freely or excessively. |
Over-giving | n | The act of giving over, surrendering or yielding. 2. the act of giving freely and excessively. |
Overglad | adj | Excessively happy or glad. |
Overglide | vb | To glide over. |
Overgo | vb | To come upon suddenly. 2. to overtake, to catch, apprehend, detect. 3. to pass over a wall, boundary, line, border etc. 4. to surmount, cross, traverse. 5. to break , to go beyond or over go a moral limit, to transgress --" as over goes one's bed." -- to break wedlock, to act with infidelity, cheat or betray the trust of a spouse. 6. to go beyond, exceed. 7. to overcome, overpower, get the better of, overwhelm, oppress. 8. to go over, spread over or cover. 9. to over-run, overflow, pass over, or spread over in a hostile or damaging way. to travel throughout, traverse. 10. to live through a time, era, epoch. 11. to go faster, leave behind, outstrip, overtake. 12. to pass over, pass by, leave alone, omit. |
Overgo | phr | "Over Goes One's Bed" - to break , to go beyond or over go a moral limit, to transgress or to break wedlock, to act with infidelity, cheat or betray the trust of a spouse. |
Over-god | n | A supreme god. |
Over-godly | adj | Extremely religious. |
Overgoing | n | A transgression, a limit-breaking, a moral and ethical betrayal. 2. going over; a transgression crossing the point of going over, the brink. |
Overgone | adj | Gone out of use. 2. obsolete, gone by bounds, too far gone. |
Overgood | adj | Too good; excessively good |
Overgreat | adj | Too great, excessive. |
Overgreatly | adv | Too great, excessively. |
Over-greatness | n | State or quality of being very great. |
Overgreed | n | Excessive greed, gluttony. |
Overgreedily | adv | In a manner or way displaying great greediness. |
Overgreediness | n | The act of being overgreedy. |
Overgreedy | adj | Excessively greedy, gluttony. |
Overgroom | vb | To groom oneseld or others excessively. |
Overground | n | The surface or top of anything. 2 the uppermost. |
Overground | adj | Overt, unconcealed, publicly, acknowledged. |
Overground | adv | Above the ground; into the open; unconcealed. |
Overgrow | vb | To grow beyond one's boundaries or containment. 2. to grow over; (of one thing) to cause (a second thing) to become overgrown (with or by the first thing). 3. grow to big or large for; outgrow. 4. to grow or increase excessively. |
Overgrow | phr | "Overgrow Oneself" - grow beyond oneself strength. |
Overgrowing | n | Overspreading, surpassing, covering thickly or densely. |
Overgrown | adj | Densely covered with vegetation, spreading over, jungle-like, stifling, choking. |
Overgrownly | adv | Excessively, in an overgrown state. |
Overgrownness | n | The state or condition of being overgrown. |
Overgrowth | n | Excessive in growth and size; a profusion of growth on or over something else. 2. growth that has covered everything. |
Overhale | vb | To draw over something as a covering. 2. pull or drag over or across the top. 3. to pass over disregard, overlook. 4. to harry, harass, molest, oppress. 5. to overpower, overmaster, examine thoroughly. |
Overhand | n | The upper-hand, mastery, victory, superiority. |
Overhand | vb | To turn over or upside down. 2. turn out of hand, or aside. |
Overhanded | adj | Characterized by bringing the hand from above downwards. |
Overhand knot | n | A simple knot made by passing the rope string , etc. over the starting point and through the top or bight so formed, |
Overhandle | vb | To handle excessively. |
Overhang | n | A part of something which hangs or projects over something else; jut over. 2. an overhanging portion of a structure, as a roof, the bow of a ship, etc; also the amount of degree of such projection. 3. a quantity of securities or commodities large enough to make prices fall if offered for sale. |
Overhang | vb | To impend over, threaten. 2. to hang over or project out. 3. to hang over or jut out. 4. to adorn with hangings. |
Overhanging | n | Something that overhangs. |
Overhanging eaves | n | Common rafters continued over the wall plate to project over the face of the wall. |
Overhard | adj | Too hard, excessively hard. |
Overhard | adv | Too hard. |
Overharden | adj | To over harden or harden too much. |
Overhardness | n | State or quality of being hardness. |
Overhardy | adj | To hardy; overbold, brash, reckless; rash |
Overharry | vb | To pass over in devastation and disaster. 2. to harry over or worried beyond measure. |
Overharvest | vb | To the harvest too often; too unsustainable level. |
Overharvesting | n | One of five primary activities threatening global biodiversity; others include pollution, introduced species, habitat fragmentation, and habitat destruction. Aquatic species are especially threatened by overharvesting, due to a situation known as the tragedy of the commons. |
Overhaving | adj | Having or inclined to having too much. 2. greedy, avaricious. |
Over-havingness | n | The state or fact of having too much, avarice, greed, |
Overhead | n | General expenditure applicable to all departments of a business, as light, heating, taxes. 2. the ceiling of a cabin or hold on a ship. |
Overhead | adj | Placed above the head. 2. above; aloft; in the sky; placed above. 3. of expenses arising from general running costs, as distinct from particular business transactions. 4. chosen by random sampling; average: an overhead sample. |
Overhead | adv | Above one's head; aloft. 2. in the sky or the heavens above. 3. so as to be submerged: over one's head. |
Overhead-line | n | A structure used in electric power transmission and distribution to transmit electrical energy along large distances. It consists of one or more conductors (commonly multiples of three) suspended by towers or poles |
Overheal | vb | To heal a wound, sore (only) superficially. |
Overhealer | n | One who, or that which, heals superficially. |
Overhealing | n | Superficial treatment and healing that may cause greater scarring. |
Overheap | vb | To collect or gather copiously, or in excess, in a heap. |
Overhear | vb | To hear as an eavesdropper, or as an incidental or unintentional listener. |
Overheard | adj | Heard as an eavesdropper, or an incidental listener. |
Overhearer | n | One who hears as an eavesdropper, or as an incidental or unintentional listener. |
Overheartily | adv | In a heartful manner. |
Overhearty | adj | In a very hearty manner. |
Overheat | vb | To make or cause to become too hot. 2. to heat too excess. |
Overheated | adj | Excessively heated, made hot to excess. 2. very or greatly passionate about an issue or belief. |
Overheatedly | adv | In an overheated manner; with undue heat. |
Overheating | n | The excessive heating of something. |
Over-heave | vb | To pass over, neglect, omit. 2. to overcome, conquer, vanquish. 3. to lift or raise something above anything else. 4. to exalt. 5. to overstrain oneself in lifting. |
Overheaviness | n | The state or condition of being overheavy. |
Overheavy | adj | Excessively heavy. |
Overheight | n | Excessive height. |
Overhele | vb | To cover over, to cover up, overhill, overhale. |
Overheling | n | The action of covering over; overhilling. |
Overhelpful | adj | Help given with good intentions but extremely unhelpful to a successful outcome. |
Overhent | vb | To lay hold upon, to overtake. |
Over-here | n | The country etc where one is/is not at the moment of speaking (irrespective of one's own nationality), especialy one separated by sea, channel from another country, Britain vis a vis France, the US. See 'over there'. |
Overhie | vb | To overreach, to take by hastening after, to leave behind by hastening. 2. to pass over as swiftly as fire. |
Overhigh | vb | o lift or raise too high. 2. exalt supremely. |
Overhigh | adj | Excessively ot too high. |
Over-higher | n | A superior, ruler, head. |
Over-highly | adv | In an excessive high or too high way; with a superior manner. |
Overhire | vb | To hire too many employees. |
Overhill | vb | To cover over , to cover up, tile, roof over, overhale, overhele |
Overhip | vb | To leap over, skip over, omit. |
Overhit | vb | Hit unduly. 2. hit beyond the mark aimed at, instead of accurately hitting. |
Overhold | vb | Overestimate; deem at a too higher rate. 2. restrain, hold back. |
Overhope | n | Too great a hope or confidence; a presumption. |
Overhope | vb | To hope exceedingly or overly optimistically. |
Overhot | adj | Excessively hot, very much overheated. |
Overhouse | adj | Over the top of a house, as power lines. |
Over-housed | adj | Of, or pertaining to a resident in subsidized housing who are no longer eligible to remain in a house of the size that they occupy. |
Over-housed | vb | To be impressed by the quality and size of a house. |
Over-housed household | n | A house-hold ceases to be eligible for rent-assistance if the household occupies a house that is larger than the largest size permissible under the occupancy laws and regulations. |
Overhung | adj | Covered over; ornamented with hangings. 2. suspended from above or from the top. |
Overhunt | n | The depletion of stock of animals by over-hunting. |
Overhunt | vb | To deplete the stock of animals by over-hunting. |
Overhunting | n | Hunting at unsustainable levels. |
Overidle | adj | Lazy, extremely idle. |
Overish | adj | Qualmish, weak, alarmed, nervous. |
Overkeen | adj | Excessively keen or enthusiastic. |
Overkeep | vb | To keep for too long. 2. to keep too strictly or for too long. |
Overkind | adj | Excessive kind. |
Overkindly | adv | In an excessively kind manner. |
Ovekindness | n | The quality of being too kind. |
Overking | n | A superior king. 2. a king who is the superior of other kings or rulers having the title of king. 3. God. |
Overknown | vb | To be very well known; be a household name. |
Overknowing | n | Cunning. |
Overlade | vb | Lade or draw water out. 2. load a burden too heavily. |
Overladen | adj | Having too large or over heavy a load, overloaded. |
Overland | adj | Traveling or passing over land. 2. being done over land, rather than over water. |
Overland | adv | By, or upon, or across land, not by sea. |
Overlander | n | One who travels over land or across countries. |
Overlap | vb | To lap over; to rest upon; and extend beyond 2. extend over so as to cover partly. 3. cover part of the same area of interest, responsibility, etc. |
Overlap | n | A part or amount which overlaps. |
Overlapping | adj | Lapped over, extended beyond; covered partly. 2. the covering of part of the same area of interest, responsibility, etc. |
Overlappingly | adv | So as to overlap. |
Overlate | adj | Occurring, coming or being after the usual or proper time. 2. not usual or proper. |
Overlately | adv | In or during a time not usual or proper. |
Overlately | phr | "Over Lately" - in or during a time not usual or proper. |
Overlaw | vb | Overcome with law. 2. defeat in law. |
Overlay | n | A coating; a covering. |
Overlay | vb | To spread over; to cover completely; to span. 2. |
Overlead | vb | Overwhelm, oppress, domineer. 2. lead as a superior rule, govern. 3. lead across, elsewhere; fig. leading astray, mislead. |
Overleaf | adv | On the other side of a leaf of a book; on the next page. |
Overleader | n | Oppressor. |
Overleading | n | Oppression. |
Overleaf | adv | On the other side or page. 2. on the next page. |
Overlean | adj | Tilted over, bent or bending over, inclined. |
Overlean | vb | To tilt, incline or bend over. |
Overleaning | n | The tendency or preference of tilting, inclining or bending over. |
Overleap | vb | To leap over, jump over, too cross over by jumping. 2. to pass over, omit, leave out. |
Overlearn | vb | Lean or incline too far over. |
Overlearn | vb | To learn something excessively or over learn. 2. to learn something beyond the stage of initially successful performance. |
Overlearnedness | n | The state of learning something excessively or over learn. |
Over-learning | n | Psychology, a degree of learning beyond what is necessary for immediate or adequate use in prescribed situations. |
Over-leave | vb | To be left over, remain. |
Overleavings | n | Residue, remainder, left-overs, that which is left over. |
Overlend | n | Too lend too much. |
Overlending | n | The act or practice of lending in excess. |
Overlength | adj | Longer than is standard (of a vehicle, etc.) longer than is allowed. 2. an excess of length. |
Overlick | vb | To lick over. |
Overlie | vb | To lie over or upon - said of a layer above another or stratum. 2. to smother by lying on top of, as a baby accidentally smothered . 3. to lie with, have sexual intercourse with a woman. 4. to oppress, subdue, hold down. 5. to hang over, overlying, situating above. |
Overlier | n | One who lies upon or encumbers another; applied to beggars who exacted lodgings and food. 2. that which lies upon another. |
Overlift | vb | To lift too high or something that is extremely heavy. |
Overlight | vb | To light up or illuminate too brightly. |
Overlightly | adv | In a light-hearted or frivolous manner. |
Overline | vb | To overscore or place (super)signs above text. |
Overliness | n | Superficiality, carelessness, contempt, haughtiness. |
Overling | n | One who is over others. 2. a superior. 3. a conqueror, vanquisher, master, ruler. |
Overlip | vb | To overflow the lip or brim or brim of. |
Over-lipping | adj | Brimming over, overflowing. |
Overlisten | vb | To eaves-drop; to listen in order to hear the conversation of others. |
Over-little | adj | Too little. |
Overlive | vb | To live longer than, or after the death of another. 2. to survive, live longer, outlive. 3. to live too long. 4. to live beyond one's income. |
Overlived | adj | Made to live too long. |
Overlively | adv | Active andbusy to extreme. |
Overliver | n | A survivor. |
Overliving | adj | Surviving. 2. living too long. |
Overload | vb | To load too heavily; load to excess. 2. to overburden; to put too heavy a load on. 3. put to great a load on an electrical system. 4. give excessive work, responsibility, information. |
Overloaded | adj | Over-burdened, loaded to excess. |
Overloaden | vb | To load beyond capacity; overladen. |
Overloading | n | The loading or filling to excess. 2. to load too heavily. |
Overlock | n | To stitch or sew over the edge of one or two pieces of cloth for edging. |
Overlocker | n | A person who (by hand), or a sewing machine that overlocks. |
Overlocking | adj | The act or practice of overlocking. |
Overlofty | adj | Extremely high. |
Overlong | adj | Of a too greater time. |
Overlong | adv | Of or for a long time. |
Overlong | prp | along, over the length of. |
Overlook | n | A high place offering a view. 2. the act of looking over, as from a height; an inspection, survey. 3. oversight, neglect, excuse, pardon. |
Overlook | vb | To look over; to view from a higher position or place. 2. to oversee, supervise, superintend. 3. to fail too see or notice by carelessness. 4. to disregard purposely or indulgently; ignore. 5. to excuse, pardon, overlook. |
Overlooker | n | One who looks over; or views from a higher position. 2. an overseer, superintendent; supervisor. 3. one who fails to notice by carelessness; one who excuses, or pardons. |
Overlooking | adj | Used of a height or viewpoint. 2. a commanding view. |
Overlord | n | A lord superior in Saxon times. 2. one who is the lord of other lords or rulers; a lord paramount, as supreme lord, God. 2. a person who has general authority over another. |
Overlord | vb | To exercise authority or supremacy over another. 2. a feudal superior. 3. the famous code name given to the Allied operation for the invasion of NW Europe , which began on D-Day 1944. |
Overlording | n | The act, action, or exercising of authority over others or another. |
Over-lordship | n | The position or authority of an overlord. |
Over-lordship | n | The position of an overlord. 2. the exercising of supremacy or dominion over. |
Overloud | adj | Excessively loud or noisy. |
Over-love | n | To great a love. |
Over-lover | n | One who loves too much, often unconditionally. |
Overloving | adj | Loving excessively or too much. |
Overlovingly | adv | In an excessively loving way. |
Overlusty | adj | To lusty or lively. |
Overly | adj | Superficial, slight, cursory, sly, careless. 2. supercilious, imperious, overbearing. 3. supreme, foremost, dominant |
Overly | adv | Above or beyond the proper amount or degree. 2. overmuch, too much, excessively. 3. incidentally, casually, not intentionally. 4. haughtily, superciliously, slightly. |
Overlying | n | The act or action of overlie. |
Overlying | adj | Superincumbent; suffocating, covering over. |
Overmake | vb | to make over or anew; recreate; remake. 2. to make a greater quantity than needed; overproduce; overdo. |
Overmake | n | That which is overmade; make-over. 2. an oversupply; surplus. |
Overman | n | A man having authority or rule over another. 2. a superior ruler, chief; a superman. 3. arbiter, arbitrator, umpire. 4. foreman, supervisor, overseer. |
Overman | vb | To provide with more men than necessary. |
Overmanning | n | To have too many workers appropriate for work required to be done. 2. over-staffing, ghost-worker dealing. |
Overmany | n | A surfeit, overabundance, superfluity. |
Overmany | prn | Too many. |
Overmark | vb | To place a mark or marking above. 2. to correct a student's examination paper very strictly. |
Overmarking | n | The act or action of placing a marking above. 2. the practice or attitude of marking a student's examination paper too strictly. |
Overmaster | vb | To gain the mastery over; to subdue completely. 2. get the better of. |
Overmasterling | n | One who overmasters, supervises, manages, rules. |
Overmatch | n | A match in which one is clearly superior to, or outmatched by another. 2. to be more than a match for; surpass, be too powerful. |
Overmatched | adj | Outclassed, unable to compete. |
Overmellow | adj | Over ripe, too ripe, rank, rancid. |
Overmerry | adj | Extremely merry and joyous. |
Overmete | adj | Excessive, above measure, immoderate. |
Overmete | vb | To pass over, pass by, cross over, traverse, exceed. |
Over-mickle | adv | Too much, over much, surfeit, overly abundant. |
Overmightily | adv | To forceful in manner and ways. |
Overmighty | adj | Excessively powerful. |
Over-mild | adj | Excessively mild in various senses. |
Overmind | vb | Attach too great of importance to something or someone. 2. think too much of or about. 3. to bring to mind too often. 4. to think uniquely, and with strong reasoning powers. |
Overmindedness | n | The state or quality possessed by a person with extra abilities which are not found in a normal person. |
Over-mindedly | adv | In an manner attaching too great of importance to someone or something. |
Over-mirth | n | Excessive merrymaking. |
Overmood | adj | Proud, haughty |
Overmoodliness | n | Pride, haughtiness, high-mindedness |
Overmore | adv | In addition, furthermore, more than, over-morely. 2. uppermore, highermost, overmost. |
Over-morrow | n | The day after tomorrow. |
Overmost | adv | Uppermost, highest. |
Over-mourn | vb | To mourn a person's passing profoundly and during a prolonged period. |
Overmuch | n | An excess, too much. 2. overmickle. |
Overmuch | adj | Too much; too great, excessive. 3. exceeding what is necessary or proper. |
Overmuch | adv | In too great a degree; exaggerated. |
Over-muchness | n | The condition of being overmuch; excessive, superabundance. |
Overner | n | Visitor, immigrant, foreigner. |
Overname | n | A surname. |
Overnarrow | adj | Too narrow; barely able to fit through. |
Overnet | vb | To spread a net over. |
Overnight | adj | Done, happening, for use overnight. 2. instant, immediate, at once. |
Overnight | adv | For the duration of the night. 2. during the course of a night; through and during the night. 3. instantly or very quickly. |
Overnight | vb | To stay for the night in a particular place. 2. to convey goods during or at night, so that they arrive next morning. |
Over-nighter | n | A stop or stay lasting one night. 2. a person who stops or stays one night. |
Overnim | vb | Overtake by violence, take by violence, carry off by force. |
Over-old | adj | Too old, worn out, dilapidated, antiquated. |
Over-oldness | n | State or condition of being too old, worn out, dilapidated, ancient, antiquated |
Overplay | vb | to play a part to excess. 2. to emphasize too much. 3. too attach to great importance too. 3 to overplay one's hand. 4. to spoil a good case by exaggerating it's value. 5. to surpass or overcome in play or sport. 6. to play better than, gain a victory over. |
Overpluck | vb | To pluck something too much, usually one's eyebrows. |
Overput | vb | To throw off, get over, recover from. |
Overputting | n | The act of running beyond the proper point, so as to lose the scent. |
Overquell | vb | To crush, overcome, overpower, subdue, crush. |
Overquelm | vb | To thwart, stop, prevent. 2. overwhelm. |
Overquick | adj | Too or extremely quick; excessively quick. |
Overquickish | adj | Somewhat or a little too quick or swift. |
Overquickly | adv | Readily. |
Over-rank | adj | Too rank or vigourous in growth. 2. very offensive, esp. offensive of smell, over-ripe. |
Over-rankness | n | State or condition of being rank or very over-ripe. |
Over-reach | vb | To reach out too far or beyond. 2. to spread over, cover. 3. to defeat oneself, by trying too hard or being over-clever.. 4. to miss by stretching or reaching too far. 5. to get the advantage over; outwhit, cheat. |
Overreach | phr | "Overreach Oneself" - to try to do more than is possible. 2. to get better by cunning; to outwit. 3. to fail through excessive ambition, effort, cunning. |
Over-reacher | n | One who reaches out too far. |
Over-reaching | n | The act or action of reaching or extend too far. |
Over-reaching | adj | Extending or reaching too far. |
Over-reachingly | adv | In a manner or way of extending or reaching too far. |
Over-read | vb | To read too much and too long, esp. so as to get tired. |
Over-readiness | n | The quality or state of being too ready. |
Over-ready | adj | Too ready. |
Over-reckon | vb | To overestimate, to reckon or calculate in excess. |
Over-rede | vb | To surpass or overdo in counsel or giving advice. |
Override | vb | To ride over, across or beyond something. 2. to ride a horse too far orr to exhaustion. 3. to counteract the normal operation of something. 4. to disregard summarily, as if trampling down; supersede, prevail over. 5. a mechanism, device or procedure use to counteract an automatic control. 6. a royalty or commission paid to a sales manager, based on the sales of his staff. 7. a device for prioritizing an audio signal. |
Over-rider | n | One who, or something overrides or counteracts the normal operations of something. |
Over-riding | adj | Counteracted, overcoming, excluding. 2. chief; primary, principal. |
Over-ridingly | adv | In an overriding manner, to the exclusion of other factors or concerns. |
Over-right | adv | Over against; right opposite. |
Over-righteous | adj | Overbearing in maters of moral rectitude. |
Over-righteousness | n | The quality of being overbearing in of matters (moral) rectitude. |
Over-ripe | adj | Rank; too ripe; too vigorous in growth. |
Over-ripen | vb | To make to ripen or rank. |
Over-ripeness | n | The state of being too ripe or rank. |
Over-rise | vb | Of dough: to rise too high. 2. to rise too high or excessively. |
Over-risen | adj | Of anything that has risen too high. |
Over-roof | vb | To build a roof over, as a stadium provided with a roof. |
Over-roofing | n | The action or practice of providing with a roof. |
Over-run | n | An instance of overunning; the amount of over-running. 2. an instance of printing too many copies a book etc. |
Over-run | vb | Spread over or occupy a place in large numbers; as a an invading army; or weeds. 2. invade, ravage, overwhelm, swarm over, surge over. 2. to exceed a fixed length. 3. flow over, inundate, flood over-run. 4. to spread rapidly or throughout, as an idea, fad, etc. 5. to pass the usual or desired limit. 6. the difference between the actual output and the calculated output in conversion. |
Over-run | phr | "On the Overrun" - the motion of a vehicle at a greater speed than being imparted by the engine. (look further???) |
Overrun | phr | Overrun One's Self" - to run beyond one's mark, or beyond one's strength. 2. to run too far. 3. to exhaust or injure oneself by running too far. |
Over-runner | n | One who, or that which, runs too often and much. 2. the printing too many copies a book etc. |
Over-running | n | An act or instance of overrunning. 2. an amount in excess or exceeded; surplus. 3. the exceeding of an estimated cost in design, design, development and production; especially, as an estimate in a contract. 4. a run of an item of manufacture by the quantity ordered by a customer and offered at a discount. 5. the amount by which a volume of food, as butter or ice cream is increased above the volume by the inclusion of air, water aor another substance. |
Oversaid | adj | Mentioned previously, above-said, said repeatedly. |
Oversail | vb | To sail over or across. 2. to cross over in a sailing vessel. 3. to run down a vessel and sink by sailing over it. |
Oversale | n | A sale of goods where the supply cannot meet the customer' s demand. 2. an oversell. |
Oversalt | vb | To add to or make a product too salty. |
Oversalted | adj | Too salted, very salty; with too much salt |
Oversalty | adj | Too salted, very salty; with too much salt |
Over-say | vb | To say over, exaggerate, overstate; repeat. |
Oversaying | n | Exaggeration in speech. |
Over-schooled | adj | Schooled too much, but often without gaining a required skill level. |
Overscore | vb | To score over, to cover with scores, cut or etch lines. |
Oversea | adj | Imported from beyond the sea. 2. of a foreign make; foreign, made abroad. 3. situated by the sea. 4. connected or having to do with countries by the sea. 5. across or beyond the sea. 6. on the other side of the sea; overseas, abroad. |
Overseas | adj | Overseas in a foreign country; as, "overseas markets". 2. overseas being or passing over or across the sea; as, "some overseas trade". |
Overseas | adv | Overseas in a place across an ocean or sea; beyond or across the sea |
Oversee | vb | To look down upon; to look at from a higher position; overlook. 2. to supervise, manager, survey, keep watch upon, to watch. |
Overseed | vb | To spread seeds over an existing lawn in an attempt to grow thicker lawn. |
Overseek | vb | To search through |
Overseen | adj | Noticed too frequently. |
Overseen | phr | "Overseen with Drink" - drunk, intoxicated. |
Overseer | n | One who supervises or overseers. |
Overseership | n | The office or position of an overseer. 2. control, rule, power over. |
Overseethe | vb | To boil over. |
Overself | n | The finer, stronger or more assertive part of one's nature. 2. Paul Brunton's definition: "Realisation of the spiritual heart, the inner source of attention, exclusive of the body and the world. |
Oversell | vb | To give someone an exaggerated idea of the value or worth of something. |
Overseme | vb | To overlord, suppress. |
Overset | vb | To overthrow, defeat. 2. overturn, upset, turn upside down, capsize. 3. overlord, subdue. 4. postpone, put off, delay. 5. oppress, press hard on, overcome, overpower by force. 6. to overcome the mind 's feelings. 7. cause to fall over. 8. cause to fall into confusion. 9. overturn the normal mental or physical condition of someone. 10. discompose, disorder, discomfit. 11. to lose one's balance or ordered condition. 12. to set a surface over with jewels. |
Oversew | vb | To sew overhand, especially with close stitches. |
Oversey | vb | To pass by, elapse. |
Overshade | vb | To render gloomily or dark; overshadow, cast a shade or shadow over. |
Overshadow | vb | To cast or throw a shadow over something or someone; darken (lit & fig). 2. to obscure, dim, something by casting a shadow over. 3. to render unimportant or insignificant, by comparison. 4. loom over, dominate. |
Overshadowed | adj | Superseded by, covered up by, overtaken or eclipsed . |
Overshadower | n | One who, or that which, overshadows. |
Overshadowy | adj | Overshadowing. |
Overshake | vb | To shake too much. 2. to shake over and away; disperse, drive away. |
Overshape | n | That which is transformed; a transformation, alteration, reshaping. |
Overshape | vb | To transform, alter, reshape. 2. to form, or manipulate excessively. 3. that which is overshaped. 4. |
Overshare | n | An amount or allocation that is more than normal, expected, or deserved; a disproportion. |
Overshare | vb | To share to much or in excess; give out too much information. 2. to offer inappropriate disclosure concerning one's personal life to others. |
Oversharing | n | The action or an instance of divulging one's personal information to others. |
Oversharp | adj | Excessively sharp, as 'oversharp criticism'. |
Oversharpness | n | Criticism to severe or oversharp. |
Over-shepherd | n | The head (fig.) of a religious organization or 'flock'. |
Overshine | vb | To shine over, or upon; to illumine. 2. excel or outshine in some quality. |
Overshining | adj | Over illuminated or far too bright. 2. outshining or excelling above. |
Overshirt | n | A shirt intended to be worn over over clothing. |
Overshoe | n | Footwear that is worn over the top of your shoes in order to protect them from, snow, water, extreme cold. |
Overshoot | vb | To shoot or go over beyond. 2. to go beyond, exceed, as to limit. 3. to drive or force beyond one's proper limit. 4. shoot or go over or beyond one's limit. 5. to go too far. |
Overshoot | phr | "Overshoot the Mark" - to shoot over beyond one's mark. 2. to go farther than one intends any course. 3. to overreach oneself. 4. miss one's mark by going too far. 5. to exaggerate. 6. to fill into error. 6. to go or venture too far. |
Overshooting | n | The act of, or state of going farther than one intends any course. |
Overshop | vb | To spend to much time or money shopping. |
Overshopping | n | The act of spend to much time or money shopping. |
Overshort | adj | Too short. |
Overshort | adv | Very abruptly. |
Overshorten | adj | too short, very short. |
Overshot | vb | Surpassed beyond in any way. 2. projecting as the upper jaw beyond the lower jaw. |
Overshot wheel | n | A wheel turned by water falling from above. |
Overshout | vb | To shout to louldly or often. |
Overshow | vb | To show to often or excessively |
Overshroud | vb | To cover with a shroud. |
Overside | n | Upper or superior side. |
Oversight | n | An unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something; inadvertence. 2. management by overseeing the performance or operation or group. 3. a mistake resulting from inattention ;an overlooking. 4. watchful care, general supervision. |
Over-sing | vb | To sing with too much effort or embellishment. |
Oversit | vb | To sit on or upon. 2. to occupy, possess. 3. to refrain, abstain, desist from, to omit. |
Oversleep | vb | To sleep longer than intended. 2. to sleep too long. 3. sleep beyond one's usual hour of rising. |
Oversleeper | n | One who sleeps longer than intended. |
Oversleeve | n | A protective sleeve covering an ordinary sleeve. |
Overslip | vb | To slip or slide over. 2. to pass easily or carelessly beyond. 3. to omit, neglect (time). |
Overslipped | adj | Sliding, passed by easily. 2. omitted, neglected. |
Overslow | vb | To render slow, to check, cub. |
Overslow | adj | Too slow. |
Overslowness | n | The state of being very slow or too slow. |
Oversman | n | A man having authority; an overman. |
Oversmile | vb | To smile too much or inappropriately. |
Oversoft | adj | Too soft. 2. too or extremely quiet. |
Oversoftly | adv | In an over-soft manner or approach. 2. in an over-softly voice. 3. of the over-softly vowel sound schwa. |
Over-sold | n | finance) a stock or commodity market condition where there has been significant trading driving prices down to lower levels, levels which seem overextended or excessive on a short-term basis. |
Oversoon | adv | Too soon, too quickly or readily. |
Over-sorrow | adj | To grieve of afflict with great sorrow. |
Oversoul | n | R.W. Emerson's name for the Deity regarded philosophically as the Supreme Spirit/God which animates the world. |
Oversoul | vb | In respect of the soul, to be ruled or dominated, or be subject to oversouling. |
Oversow | vb | To sow where something has already been sowed. |
Overspan | vb | To reach or span over. |
Overspeak | vb | To exceed in speaking. 2. too speak too much. 3. to use too many words. 4. garrulity. |
Overspeaking | n | Where someone speaks way too much, and away from the subject. |
Overspeakingly | adv | Of an excessive manner in speaking or using too many words. |
Overspeech | n | Loquacity, indiscretion. 2. a speech verbose and irrelevant to the subject of discussion. |
Overspeed | vb | Moving far too rapidly. |
Overspend | vb | To overspend more than one can afford 2. to use up, exhaust. |
Overspill | n | OVerflow; that which overflows. 2. surplus population emigrating from a country. |
Overspill | vb | To spill over; to overflow. |
Overspin | vb | To spin out to too great length; to protract unduly |
Overspread | n | The fact of spreading over. 2. that which is spread over. |
Overspread | vb | To spread across or cover over completely; as, 'a deluge overspread the Earth'. 2. flood, over-flow, over-swarm, run through, spill over, teem over. |
Overspreading | n | The action of overspreading. |
Overspring | vb | To spring or leap over; fig. to surmount. |
Oversprung | adj | Fitted with too many or too flexible springs. |
Overspurn | vb | To kick over, overturn with the foot. |
Overstain | vb | To cover with stains. 2. to stain excessively. |
Overstaining | n | The staining too excessively especially, in order to demonstrate selected elements by controlled staining. 2. the act or technique of overstaining. |
Overstand | vb | To stand over, to stand beside. 2. endure, stay to the end of, to get through, overstay. 3. to pass over, cross over. |
Overstare | vb | To stare or stare excessively at something or someone. |
Overstart | vb | To overleap, miss, skip, omit. |
Overstead | adj | Overset, overwhelmed. |
Oversteepened | adj | Of a valley: steepened further and having a great steepness than running water would have carved. |
Oversteer | n | The condition of oversteering in which the rear wheels of a car don't follow the desired curve whilst cornering, with the rear wheels losing a degree of traction and so skidding of the required line into a spin. |
Oversteer | vb | To loose the control of one's vehicle in a corner due to the rear wheels sliding and not following the front wheels. |
Overstep | vb | To go far beyond the limit; esp. to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions. |
Overstep | phr | To go far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceeding norms or convention. |
Overstepping | n | The act of overstepping. |
Overstink | vb | To stink or smell more than; to drown the stench of. |
Overstitch | n | An embroidery stitch made one over the other. |
Overstitch | vb | To sew in an embroidery stitch made one stitch over the other. |
Overstock | n | A stock or store in excess of requirement or demand. |
Overstock | vb | To stock more than is required. 2. to run more animals in, or on various types of farms or agricultural ground than the land can maintain. 3. to gather together an excess of goods or things. |
Overstocking | n | A supply more than necessary or wanted. 2. to have in stock more than is necessary or wanted. 3. an oversupply, an excess, a glut, an overmuch, an unneeded or desired surplus. |
Overstream | vb | To stream over or across. 2. to flow over in a stream |
Overstreaming | n | The act, condition or state of streaming or flowing over. |
Overstretch | vb | To stretch too much. 2. make excessive demands beyond reasonable grounds; exaggerated. 3. to extend beyond or use beyond what is reasonable, usual or proper. |
Overstretched | adj | Not having sufficient or lacking financial resources, goods, equipment. 2. not enough or sufficient, a lacking a dearth. 3. fig. exaggerated. |
Overstretching | n | The stretching or pulling muscles causing injury. |
Overstrew | vb | To scatter around and about. |
Overstrewn | adj | Scattered around and about. |
Overstride | vb | To stride over, across and to farther extent. 2. to step, stand, sit astride. 3. to run, walk, move beyond in a race or competition. 4. to go beyond, move pass, go farther. 5. to run an overly long stride for one's leg length. |
Overstride | n | The action of striding over or across. 2. the stepping over or across. 3. the swift striding beyond or to a farther extent. |
Overstrike | vb | To overreach oneself while striking. 2. to cover up (a design, mark etc.) by stamping another on top of it; to superimpose a mark or logo on (a coin, stamp, etc.). 3. to strike (something) too hard. [from 20th c.] |
Overstrike | n | (Numismatics) a coin that has been overstruck, i.e. coined more than once. 2. (typography) the printing of one character over another, as - on top of L to produce Ł. 3. (computing, uncountable) overtype (feature where input replaces existing characters instead of being inserted before them) |
Overstring | vb | To string an archery bow too tightly |
Overstroke | n | An overarm stroke in swimming. |
Overstrong | adj | Excessively strong. |
Overstrung | adj | Too highly strung; intensely strained to excess. 2. in a state of nervous of nervous tension. 3. of a piano having some of the longer strings crossing others obliquely, in order to save space. |
Oversty | vb | To mount, ascend, to surmount, transcend, excel, surpass. (O.E. stygan - c.f. stigend) |
Overstying | n | The passing over or above. |
Overswallow | vb | To gulp when swallowing often due to the medical condition of phagophobia. |
Overswallowing | n | A medical complaint ('phagophobia') where one has difficulty in swallowing |
Overswarm | vb | To swarm or teem in excess. 2. to ensemble or grow a great swarm or in a multitude. 3. to swarm beyond or in excess. |
Overswarming | n | The action or condition swarming in excess. |
Overswarth | n | The surface sward. |
Overswarth | vb | To darken over, to blacken, denigrate, |
Oversway | vb | To rule over, govern, to exercise power or dominion over. 2. to domineer, overpower, overrule. 3. to surpass in commanding quality; to prevail over by superior authority. 4. in ref to physical qualities, to overpower by superior strength or intensity. 5. to lead , influence, or persuade into course of action. 6. to cause to swing, sway, lean or incline to one side or so as to be overturned. |
Oversweep | vb | To sweep across a surface or border. 2. to pass over with a sweeping motion. |
Oversweet | adj | Excessively sweet. 2. too sweet. |
Over-sweetness | n | The state or condition of being sweet. |
Overswell | vb | To cause to swell unduly or in excess. |
Overswift | adj | Too swift or rapid. |
Overswim | vb | To swim across or beyond. |
Overswing | n | An excessive swing. |
Overswithe | adv | To greatly, too much, exceedingly, excessively, very greatly. |
Overswive | vb | To move, swivel. |
Overtake | vb | To pass a more slowly moving vehicle, object or person. 2. to come up with; to catch; to take by surprise. 3. to be able to do. |
Overtaken | vb | To outdistance, get past, better, outdo, outstrip, leave behind, overwhelm, take by surprise. |
Overtaken | phr | "Well Overtaken" - of a traveler and his greeting to one he has overtaken; 'well mt'. |
Overtaker | n | One who overtakes, passes by, becomes greater than, take by surprise, overcome. |
Overtaking | n | Overtaking is when you approach from behind and pass a vehicle traveling in the same direction. |
Overtalk | n | Excessive talking; talk too much. |
Overtalk | vb | To talk too much. 2. to overcome or persuade by talking, talk over. 3. to overstate, over-exaggerate. 3. talk up to seem greater than what is actual. |
Overtalking | n | The act of talking too far. |
Overteach | vb | To focus in teaching on too narrow area of learning. |
Overtell | vb | To tell, count, narrate in excess. 2. to exaggerate in counting. |
Overteem | vb | To wear out or exhaust by excessive breeding or reproduction. 2. to teem or bred excessively. 3. to wean out by excessive breeding. |
Overtenth | n | An increased or additional tenth or tithe. |
Over-the-hill | adj | To old to be useful. |
Over-the-road | adj | Pertaining to, or used in long distance road transportation. |
Over-the-top | adj | Excess, beyond reasonble limits. |
Overthink | vb | To seem not good, to displease, vex, grieve, cause regret or repentance. 2. to think too much and too long, think over, consider. 3. to exhaust oneself with too much thinking or overthinking. |
Overthink | n | Too much and too long thinking. |
Overthinker | n | Persons indecisive and tend to live with many regrets. Overthinking is not a genetic disposition. It is a learned behavior. Therefore, when the mind starts to go to a place of unstructured thoughts it is because of past experiences. |
Overthought | n | Excessive thought; to much thinking. |
Overthought | adj | Grieved, vexed; thought-obsessed, preoccupied in one's own thoughts. |
Over-thoughtful | adj | Too thoughtful, full of thought, over-anxious; very considerate. |
Over-thoughtfulness | n | The condition or attitude of being too thoughtful, caring, anxious, kind, and considerate. |
Overthrall | vb | To enthrall, enslave, take captive. 2. (fig) to control by passion or vice. |
Overthreshold | n | The door lintel. |
Over-thronged | adj | Overcrowded, over-populated, over-people; as, 'the town was overthronged by pilgrims ffrom all over the world'. |
Overthrow | n | An act of removal, especially of a ruler or government, by force or threat of force. 2. (removal by force): downfall, collapse. 4. removal by force or threat of force. 5. defeat, ruin, fall. |
Overthrow | vb | To throw down to the ground, to overturn (rare). 2. to bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force. 3. defeat, ruin, fall. |
Overthrow | n | The termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force). 2. the act of disturbing the mind or body; upset, derangement. 3. the act of overthrowing, defeating, demolishing. |
Overthrow | vb | To cause the downfall of; of rulers; syn: overthrow, subvert, overturn, bring down. 2. rule against; overrule, overturn, override, overthrow, reverse. |
Overthrower | n | One who cause the downfall of; esp. of rulers |
Overthrowing | n | The act or action of causing the downfall of; or the bringing down of something or someone. 2. the turning of something upside down (fig & lit). |
Overthrown | adj | Overcome, beaten, overwhelmed, conquered, overpowered, vanquished. |
Overtime | n | Work done in addition to regular working hours. 2. time at work beyond the regular hours; the extra wages paid for such work. 3. playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie; extra time. |
Overtime | adv | Beyond the regular or stipulated time worked. |
Overtimely | adv | Too early, premature, before the proper time, untimely, unseasonably. |
Over-timeness | n | The state or quality of being before the proper time, premature, too early. |
Overtimer | n | One who works overtime. |
Overton window | n | In a political context, a term for the range of ideas tolerated in public, also known as the windows of discourse. |
Over-tongue | n | Epiglottis (calque from Greek). |
Overtop | vb | To rise above or above the top of; tower over. 2. to surpass the height. 3. surmount , tower above, surpass, excel,top. 4. to rise above in power or authority. 5. to be superior, to override, to rise above or go beyond in degree or quality. 6. to excel, rise above, surpass. 7. top-heavy. 8. to obscure; cover. |
Overtopped | adj | Having the crown shaded fro above by other contiguous trees; said of a tree. |
Overtopple | vb | To fall over. |
Overtopped | adj | Of a small tree growing beneath the canopy formed by large trees and receiving no direct lights. |
Overtopping | n | The rising of water of the top of a barrier or wall. |
Overtower | vb | To tower over, over top. |
Overtowering | adj | Soaring above, overly oppressive. |
Overtread | vb | Trample (over), crush, oppress, subdue, to step beyond. |
Overtrodden | adj | Trampled, crushed, oppressed, subdued. |
Overtrow | n | Overtrust, overconfidence, distrust, mistrust. |
Overtrow | vb | To mistrust, distrust, suspect. 2. to trust overmuch, be too confident. |
Overtrowing | n | Over-confidence. 2. suspectful. |
Over-trowship | n | Over-confidence, overtrowth; suspicion. |
Overtruth | n | Statement in excess or exaggerating of the truth. |
Overtruthful | adj | Exaggerated or overstated. |
Overtumble | vb | To tumble, fall over, capsize. 2. to cause to fall over, to upset, overthrow. |
Overturn | n | A capsize, turnover, a tumble, overthrowing; upsetting. 2. subversion or destruction. |
Overturn | vb | To throw down or over; subvert, defeat, to upset. 2. capsize, tumble over; fall forward. |
Overtwine | vb | To twine or bine around or about; to wreathe, enwreathe. |
Over-under | adj | The spread of, or other predicted value, for wagers. |
Over-under-thru | n | A type of obstacle in an obstacle course. 2. fig. an implement, obstacle, difficulty, problem encountered in various situations. |
Overwade | vb | To wade across. |
Overwait | vb | To supervise, watch over. |
Over-wake | vb | To keep oneself awake over or too long, stay on gurad, to remain awake longer than another. |
Overwalk | vb | To traverse, walk over. 2. walk too far. 3. to fatigue oneself by walking too far. |
Overwalking | n | The act of walking too far. |
Overwalt | vb | To roll over turn something over. |
Overwander | vb | To wander over |
Overwandering | n | The act of wandering over. |
Overward | adv | Overthwart, athwart, across, transversely, fom side to side. |
Overwarm | adj | To great of warmth. |
Over-warp | vb | To overthrow, throw down or cast down. |
Overwash | vb | To wash oneself too much or wash something too much. |
Overwashed | adj | To wash frequently and thoroughly. |
Overwatch | vb | To watch for too long or too late. 2. to watch all through the night. 3. to become fatigued by excessive watching. 4. to weary or exhaust oneself by keeping awake or by want of sleep. |
Ovewatched | adj | Wearied by too much watching. |
Overwatcher | n | One wearied by too much watching. |
Overwatching | n | A vigil far too long. 2. too much watching causing weariness. |
Overwater | n | Flood, inundation, downpour. 2. giving plants, lawns too much water. |
Overwater | vb | To cover or flood with water. |
Overwatery | adj | Too or excessively watery or moist. |
Overwax | vb | To overgrow; grown over. 2. to wax or grow exceedingly. 3. to grow too large or big. |
Overway | n | The upper or higher way. |
Overweak | adj | Too or extremely weak or feeble. |
Overweaken | vb | Too weaken too much. |
Overwear | vb | To exhaust by toil. 2. to wash clothes threadbare. 3. to wear something away to an an end; outwear, wear out as having outgrown. 4. to outgrow. |
Overwearied | adj | Excessively weary; totally exhausted. |
Outweary | vb | To overcome with weariness. 2. to weary or tire to excess. |
Outweary | adj | Too weary to hold out. 2. overtired, exhausted. |
Overwearying | n | Excessive weariness. |
Overwearying | vb | To become overcome with weariness. |
Over-weather | vb | Denoting flight conditions or activities which are not affected by storm, overcast or other meteorological phenomena. 2. to allow to be damaged by exposure to the weather. |
Over-weathered | adj | Worn or damaged by exposure to the weather. |
Overweave | vb | To weave over top or surface. |
Overween | n | Overweening, presumption, arrogance, pride. |
Overween | vb | To have too high of expectations or too high opinion of oneself, to presume, arrogate, orgoyle. 2. to be conceit, arrogant or too self-confident. |
Overweened | adj | Too self-confident, arrogant, insolent, conceited. |
Overweener | n | One who is too self-confident, arrogant, insolent, conceited. |
Overweening | adj | Thinking too much of oneself, vain, insolent, arrogant, presumptious, prideful, overweened. |
Overweening | n | The state or condition of being overweening, or having too much self-confidence, arrogance, self-conceited. 2. characterized by presumptuous or conceit; pride, arrogant, excessive. |
Overweeningly | adv | In a manner characterized by presumptuous or conceit; pride, arrogant, excessive. |
Overweep | vb | To weep over again; to shed tears over and again. |
Overweigh | vb | To have more weigh than. 2. too excessively weigh down. 3. overburden, or oppress. 4. to outweigh; overbalance. 4. to overburden, oppress. |
Overweighing | adj | Compelling, overly oppressive, burdensome. |
Overweight | adj | (Of a person) heavier than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height. 2.(transport, law, of a vehicle) weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce. 3. (investment, finance, followed by a noun or prepositional phrase indicating a security or type of security). 4. (of a person): clinically obese, fat, morbidly obese, obese, super obese; of a person, heavier than is healthy. |
Overweighted | ppl | To place excessive weight or emphasis on; to overestimate the importance of. |
Overweighty | adj | Too weighty, over-heavy; of excessive weight or above in excess of, the proper or ordinary weight. |
Overwell | adj | Too well. |
Overwelt | vb | To overturn, upset, spec. said of a sheep when fallen on its back so as unable to rise. |
Overwelter | vb | To roll over. |
Overwend | vb | To go over, cross over. 2. to meander, traverse, wend one's way around or through. 3. to pass beyond, exceed. |
Overwent | adj | Overwent. gone over greatly, overwhelmed. |
Overwet | vb | To wet tto much or excessively or make over-moist. |
Over-wetness | n | The state or condition of being over-wet. |
Overwheel | vb | To turn upside down; overturn. 2. to wheel too far or beyond a proper place. |
Overwhelm | vb | To engulf, surge over and submerge. 2. overpower, crush; overthrow. 3. to overpower emotionally. 4. to cause to surround, to cover. |
Overwhelming | adj | Overpowering, engulfing, submerging. 2. staggering, irrestiblely strong. 3. very great or intense. 4. extreme. |
Overwhelmingly | adv | In an overpowering, overly strong, very great or intense manner. |
Overwhelmness | n | The state or fact of being overpowering or engulfing. |
Overwhelmer | n | One who engulfs, surges over and submerges. 2. one who overpowers, crushes. 3. one who overpowers emotionally. 4. one who causes to surround, or covers. |
Overwhelve | vb | To overturn, cause to roll or rumble as waves. 2. to overthrow, bring to ruin |
Overwicked | adj | Excessively evil or wicked. |
Overwield | vb | To gain mastery over, overcome, subdue. |
Overwielding | n | The state of gaining mastery over someone or something, overcoming, subduing. |
Overwilled | adj | Having a strong or excessively strong will, imperious. |
Overwilling | adj | Exceedingly willing, too willing, too keen, over-eager; frequently in a negative sense or context. |
Overwin | vb | To overcome, conquer, vanquish. 2. to persuade, gain one over. |
Overwind | vb | To wind too far or tightly, as with a watch. 2. to wind (the magnet of a motor) in order to produce a maximum magnetism with a smaller current than is normally required. |
Overwing | vb | To extend the wings of an army beyond that of an enemy; to outflank. |
Over-winner | n | Conqueror, winner, overcomer, one who prevails. |
Overwinter | vb | To spend or survive the winter. 2. to remain alive through the winter. |
Overwintering | n | Overwintering is the process by which some organisms or animals (overwinterer) pass through or wait out the winter season, or pass through that period of the year when "winter" conditions (cold or sub-zero temperatures, ice, snow, limited food supplies) make normal activity or even survival difficult or near impossible. |
Over-wise | adj | Pretentiously wise. |
Over-wiseness | n | The state or quality of being overwise, or affectedly wise. |
Overwit | vb | To get the better by craft or acuteness. 2. to outwit, out reach. |
Overwitted | adj | Better or, surpass in cunning and guile. |
Overwood | n | The layer of vegetation formed on the tallest trees in the forest. |
Overworld | n | The celestial or immaterial world. 2. the earth, land viewed from beneath the water; the terrestrial world. 2. the community of law-abiding persons or citizens, as opposed to the underworld. |
Overword | n | The chorus, burden, leading idea, refrain or repeated phrases of a song or ballad. 2. a word repeated. |
Overwordiness | n | In speech and writing, garrulity, verbosity; loquacious-speaking, overwriting. |
Overwordy | adj | Garrulous, verbose, excessive talkative; scribose; overwritty. |
Overwork | n | A superstructure or a work placed or raised over something. 2. a sepulchre, a monument. 3. extra or excessive work than is expected; the act of working too much or too long. 4. work in excess of the usual or stipulated time or quantity; extra work; also, excessive labor. 5. excessive work or labor; work or labor that exceeds the strength or capacity of the individual or endangers his health. 6. work done beyond the amount stipulated; work done in over-hours or overtime. |
Overwork | vb | To use too much; to be overworked". 2. work excessively hard 3. to fill too full of work; to crowd with labor; overwrought. 4. to work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse. 5. to work too much, or beyond one's strength. 6. to cause to work too hard; cause to labor too much; impose too much work upon; wear out by overwork: often used reflexively. to decorate all over. |
Overworked | adj | Exhausted, stressed out, fatigued, overburdened, overtaxed. 2. hackneyed, played out, stale, banal, run-of-the-mill, cliched, timeworn. |
Overworld | n | The world of proper and respectable people. 2. the spiritual or supernatural world. |
Overworn | adj | Worn out. |
Overworry | n | Anguish, misgiving, vexation, apprehension, distress, uneasiness, torment, woe. |
Overworry | vb | To feel or show fear and concern because you think that something bad has happened or could happen. |
Overwrest | vb | To strain too much. |
Overwrite | vb | To write on top of other writing. 2. to write too elaborately or ornately. 3. to replace a computer file with a different one. |
Over-writing | n | The act of covering something with writing; the writing on top of other writing. 2. the writing about in an artificial or in an excessively elaborated, lengthy, wordy style. 3. the writing of too much about something on someone. |
Over-written | adj | Written over, or upon something. 2. elaborated overly or excessively ornately in writing. 3. replaced (as a computer file) by being written over. |
Over-wrought | adj | Exhausted by too much work. 2. worked up to a high pitch; over-excited, as one's feelings. 3. over-laboured, elaborated to excess; overdone. |
Over-wroughtness | n | An overwrought condition. |
Overwry | vb | To cover over, overspread, conceal, clothe. |
Over-year | vb | To keep over the year or over years. 2. to superannuate, make do. |
Over-year | adj | That has lasted over some years. 2. superannuated. 3. antiquated. |
Over-year | adv | Over or through the year; till next year. |
Over-yeared | adj | Kept over the year, or for the present year. |
Overyield | vb | Too produce beyond expectation |
Overyielding | n | The amount a species yields, when grown with other species compared to yield in a monoculture. The amount a biomass yields in an ecological community (e.g. a grassland patch), compared to any of its members alone |
Over-yoke | vb | To subjugate, to put a yoke on. |
Over-yoking | n | The act of putting a yoke over or upon; subjugation. |
Over-youthful | adj | Acting in a manner inappropriate to owns chronological age. |
Ovet | n | Fruit; in modern dialects: the mast and accommodetion of the oak. |
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