Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
overawing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Overawe |
overawful |
adjective |
Awful, or reverential, in an excessive degree. |
overboard |
adverb |
Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into the water; as, to fall overboard. |
overbreed |
verb t. |
To breed to excess. |
overbuild |
verb t. |
To build over., To build too much; to build beyond the demand. |
overbuilt |
adjective |
Having too many buildings; as, an overbuilt part of a town. |
over-busy |
adjective |
Too busy; officious. |
overcarry |
verb t. & i. |
To carry too far; to carry beyond the proper point. |
overcatch |
verb t. |
To overtake. |
overclimb |
verb t. |
To climb over. |
overcloud |
verb t. |
To cover or overspread with clouds; to becloud; to overcast. |
overcolor |
verb t. |
To color too highly. |
overcomer |
noun |
One who overcomes. |
overcount |
verb t. |
To rate too high; to outnumber. |
overcover |
verb t. |
To cover up. |
overcrowd |
verb t. |
To crowd too much. |
overdight |
adjective |
Covered over. |
overdoing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Overdo |
overdrawn |
past participle |
of Overdraw |
overdress |
verb t. |
To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much. |
overdrink |
verb t. & i. |
To drink to excess. |
overdtive |
verb t. & i. |
To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength. |
overdrown |
verb t. |
To wet or drench to excess. |
overeager |
adjective |
Too eager; too impatient. |
overempty |
verb t. |
To make too empty; to exhaust. |
overexert |
verb t. |
To exert too much. |
overfloat |
verb t. |
To overflow. |
overflush |
verb t. |
To flush to excess. |
overflown |
past participle |
of Overfly |
overforce |
noun |
Excessive force; violence. |
overfront |
verb t. |
To confront; to oppose; to withstand. |
overglide |
verb t. |
To glide over. |
overgloom |
verb t. |
To spread gloom over; to make gloomy; to overshadow. |
overgoing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Overgo |
overgorge |
verb t. |
To gorge to excess. |
overgrace |
verb t. |
To grace or honor exceedingly or beyond desert. |
overgreat |
adjective |
Too great. |
overgross |
adjective |
Too gross. |
overgrown |
past participle |
of Overgrow |
overhappy |
adjective |
Exceedingly happy. |
overhardy |
adjective |
Too hardy; overbold. |
overhaste |
noun |
Too great haste. |
overhasty |
adjective |
Too hasty; precipitate; rash. |
overheard |
imp. & past participle |
of Overhear |
overheavy |
adjective |
Excessively heavy. |
overissue |
noun |
An excessive issue; an issue, as of notes or bonds, exceeding the limit of capital, credit, or authority., To issue in excess. |
overlabor |
verb t. |
To cause to labor excessively; to overwork., To labor upon excessively; to refine unduly. |
overladed |
imp. |
of Overlade |
overladen |
past participle |
of Overlade |
overlarge |
adjective |
Too large; too great. |
overlayer |
noun |
One who overlays; that with which anything is overlaid. |
overlying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Overlie, Lying over or upon something; as, overlying rocks. |
overlight |
noun |
Too strong a light., Too light or frivolous; giddy. |
overliver |
noun |
A survivor. |
overlusty |
adjective |
Too lusty, or lively. |
overmarch |
verb t. & i. |
To march too far, or too much; to exhaust by marching. |
overmatch |
verb t. |
To be more than equal to or a match for; hence, to vanquish., To marry (one) to a superior., One superior in power; also, an unequal match; a contest in which one of the opponents is overmatched. |
overmerit |
noun |
Excessive merit. |
overmoist |
adjective |
Excessively moist. |
overmount |
verb t. |
To mount over; to go higher than; to rise above. |
overnight |
noun |
The fore part of the night last past; the previous evening., In the fore part of the night last past; in the evening before; also, during the night; as, the candle will not last overnight. |
overnoise |
verb t. |
To overpower by noise. |
overpaint |
verb t. |
To color or describe too strongly. |
overperch |
verb t. |
To perch upon; to fly over. |
overpoise |
verb t. |
To outweigh; to overbalance., Preponderant weight; a counterbalance. |
overpower |
verb t. |
To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes., A dominating power. |
overpress |
verb t. |
To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm., To overcome by importunity. |
overprize |
verb t. |
Toprize excessively; to overvalue. |
overproof |
adjective |
Containing more alcohol than proof spirit; stronger than proof spirit; that is, containing more than 49.3 per cent by weight of alcohol. |
overproud |
adjective |
Exceedingly or unduly proud. |
overquell |
verb t. |
To quell or subdue completely. |
overraked |
imp. & past participle |
of Overrake |
overrated |
imp. & past participle |
of Overrate |
overreach |
verb t. |
To reach above or beyond in any direction., To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat., To reach too far, To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; — said of horses., To sail on one tack farther than is necessary., To cheat by cunning or deception., The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; — said of horses. |
overready |
adjective |
Too ready. |
overrigid |
adjective |
Too rigid; too severe. |
overripen |
verb t. |
To make too ripe. |
overroast |
verb t. |
To roast too much. |
overruled |
imp. & past participle |
of Overrule |
overruler |
noun |
One who, or that which, controls, governs, or determines. |
overshade |
verb t. |
To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow. |
overshake |
verb t. |
To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse. |
overshine |
verb t. |
To shine over or upon; to illumine., To excel in shining; to outshine. |
overshoot |
verb t. |
To shoot over or beyond., To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond., To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth., To fly beyond the mark. |
oversight |
noun |
Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision., An overlooking; an omission; an error., Escape from an overlooked peril. |
overskirt |
noun |
An upper skirt, shorter than the dress, and usually draped. |
oversleep |
verb t. |
To sleep beyond; as, to oversleep one’s self or one’s usual hour of rising., To sleep too long. |
overslide |
verb t. |
To slide over or by. |
overspeak |
verb t. & i. |
To exceed in speaking; to speak too much; to use too many words. |
overstand |
verb t. |
To stand on the price or conditions of, so as to lose a sale; to lose by an extravagant price or hard conditions. |
overstare |
verb t. |
To outstare., To stare wildly. |
overstate |
verb t. |
To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. |
overstaid |
|
of Overstay |
overstock |
noun |
Stock in excess., To fill too full; to supply in excess; as, to overstock a market with goods, or a farm with cattle. |
overstore |
verb t. |
To overstock. |
overstraw |
verb t. |
To overstrew. |
overstrew |
verb t. |
To strew or scatter over. |
overstrow |
verb t. |
See Overstrew. |
overswell |
verb t. & i. |
To swell or rise above; to overflow. |
overtaken |
past participle |
of Overtake |
overtempt |
verb t. |
To tempt exceedingly, or beyond the power of resistance. |
overthrew |
imp. |
of Overthrow |
overthrow |
verb t. |
To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down., To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy., The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrow; ruin., The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player’s head., A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run. |
overtitle |
verb t. |
To give too high a title to. |
overtower |
verb t. |
To tower over or above., To soar too high. |
overtrade |
verb i. |
To trade beyond one’s capital; to buy goods beyond the means of paying for or seleng them; to overstock the market. |
overtread |
verb t. |
To tread over or upon. |
overtrust |
noun |
Excessive confidence., To trust too much. |
overvalue |
verb t. |
To value excessively; to rate at too high a price., To exceed in value. |
overwatch |
verb t. |
To watch too much., To weary or exhaust by watching. |
overweary |
verb t. |
To weary too much; to tire out. |
overweigh |
verb t. |
To exceed in weight; to overbalance; to weigh down. |
overwhelm |
verb t. |
To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpoweringly., To project or impend over threateningly., To cause to surround, to cover., The act of overwhelming. |
overwrest |
verb t. |
To wrest or force from the natural or proper position. |