| ovenbake | (verb) bake in an oven | - |
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| overachieve | (verb) perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected | - |
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| overact | (verb) exaggerate one's acting | Synonyms: ham, ham it up, overplay |
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| overarch | (verb) form an arch over | Synonyms: arch over |
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| (verb) be central or dominant | - |
| overawe | (verb) subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats) | Synonyms: cow |
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| overbalance | (verb) cause to be off balance | - |
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| (verb) weigh more heavily | Synonyms: outbalance, outweigh, preponderate |
| overbear | (verb) contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery | Synonyms: bear down |
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| (verb) bear too much | - |
| (verb) overcome | - |
| overbid | (verb) bid more than the object is worth | - |
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| (verb) to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win | - |
| overboil | (verb) overflow or cause to overflow while boiling | Synonyms: boil over |
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| (verb) boil excessively | - |
| overburden | (verb) burden with too much work or responsibility | - |
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| (verb) load with excessive weight | - |
| overcapitalise | (verb) capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
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| (verb) overestimate the market value of | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
| (verb) estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
| overcapitalize | (verb) capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant | Synonyms: overcapitalise |
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| (verb) overestimate the market value of | Synonyms: overcapitalise |
| (verb) estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level | Synonyms: overcapitalise |
| overcast | (verb) sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next | - |
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| (verb) sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches | - |
| (verb) make overcast or cloudy | Synonyms: cloud |
| overcharge | (verb) place too much a load on | Synonyms: overload, surcharge |
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| (verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge |
| overclock | (verb) To run a processor (CPU), or any electronic logic device, at a speed higher than is recommended by the manufacturer. | - |
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| overclothe | (verb) dress too warmly | Synonyms: overdress |
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| overcloud | (verb) make unintelligible or unclear | Synonyms: bedim, obscure |
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| (verb) become covered with clouds | Synonyms: cloud over, cloud up |
| overcome | (verb) get on top of; deal with successfully | Synonyms: get over, master, subdue, surmount |
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| (verb) overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome | Synonyms: get the best, have the best |
| (verb) win a victory over | Synonyms: defeat, get the better of |
| (verb) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | Synonyms: overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm |
| overcompensate | (verb) make excessive corrections for fear of making an error | Synonyms: over-correct |
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| (verb) make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities | Synonyms: compensate, cover |
| overcook | (verb) cook too long | - |
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| overcrop | (verb) to exhaust by excessive cultivation | Synonyms: overcultivate |
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| overcrowd | (verb) crowd together too much | - |
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| (verb) cause to crowd together too much | - |
| overcultivate | (verb) to exhaust by excessive cultivation | Synonyms: overcrop |
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| overdo | (verb) do something to an excessive degree | Synonyms: exaggerate |
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| overdose | (verb) dose too heavily | Synonyms: o.d. |
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| overdramatise | (verb) present in an overly dramatic manner | Synonyms: overdramatize |
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| overdramatize | (verb) present in an overly dramatic manner | Synonyms: overdramatise |
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| overdraw | (verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | Synonyms: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overstate |
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| (verb) draw more money from than is available | - |
| overdress | (verb) put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive | Synonyms: attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up |
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| (verb) dress too warmly | Synonyms: overclothe |
| overdrive | (verb) make use of too often or too extensively | Synonyms: overuse |
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| (verb) drive or work too hard | - |
| overeat | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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| overemphasise | (verb) place special or excessive emphasis on | Synonyms: overemphasize, overstress |
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| overemphasize | (verb) place special or excessive emphasis on | Synonyms: overemphasise, overstress |
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| overestimate | (verb) make too high an estimate of | Synonyms: overrate |
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| (verb) assign too high a value to | Synonyms: overvalue |
| overexert | (verb) exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength | - |
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| overexploit | (verb) exploit excessively | - |
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| overexpose | (verb) expose excessively | - |
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| (verb) expose to too much light | - |
| overextend | (verb) strain excessively | Synonyms: overstrain |
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| overfatigue | (verb) tire excessively | Synonyms: overtire, overweary |
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| overfeed | (verb) feed excessively | - |
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| overfill | (verb) fill beyond capacity | - |
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| overflow | (verb) overflow with a certain feeling | Synonyms: bubble over, spill over |
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| (verb) flow or run over (a limit or brim) | Synonyms: brim over, overrun, run over, well over |
| overfly | (verb) fly over | Synonyms: pass over |
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| overgeneralise | (verb) draw too general a conclusion | Synonyms: overgeneralize |
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| overgeneralize | (verb) draw too general a conclusion | Synonyms: overgeneralise |
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| overgorge | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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| overgrow | (verb) grow beyond or across | Synonyms: grow over |
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| (verb) become overgrown | - |
| (verb) grow too large | - |
| overhang | (verb) be suspended over or hang over | Synonyms: beetle |
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| (verb) project over | - |
| overhaul | (verb) make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to | Synonyms: modernise, modernize |
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| (verb) travel past | Synonyms: overtake, pass |
| overhear | (verb) hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers | Synonyms: catch, take in |
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| overheat | (verb) get excessively and undesirably hot | - |
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| (verb) make excessively or undesirably hot | - |
| overindulge | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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| overjoy | (verb) cause to feel extremely joyful or happy | - |
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| overlap | (verb) extend over and cover a part of | - |
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| (verb) coincide partially or wholly | - |
| overlay | (verb) put something on top of something else | Synonyms: cover |
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| (verb) kill by lying on | Synonyms: overlie |
| overleap | (verb) leave undone or leave out | Synonyms: drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overlook, pretermit |
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| (verb) jump across or leap over (an obstacle) | Synonyms: vault |
| (verb) defeat (oneself) by going too far | - |
| overlie | (verb) kill by lying on | Synonyms: overlay |
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| (verb) lie upon; lie on top of | - |
| overload | (verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired | Synonyms: clog |
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| (verb) place too much a load on | Synonyms: overcharge, surcharge |
| (verb) become overloaded | - |
| overlook | (verb) leave undone or leave out | Synonyms: drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, pretermit |
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| (verb) watch over | - |
| (verb) look past, fail to notice | - |
| (verb) look down on | Synonyms: command, dominate, overtop |
| (verb) be oriented in a certain direction | Synonyms: look across, look out on, look out over |
| overmaster | (verb) overcome by superior force | Synonyms: overpower, overwhelm |
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| overpay | (verb) pay too much | - |
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| overplay | (verb) exaggerate one's acting | Synonyms: ham, ham it up, overact |
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| overpopulate | (verb) cause to have too great a population | - |
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| overpower | (verb) overcome by superior force | Synonyms: overmaster, overwhelm |
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| (verb) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | Synonyms: overcome, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm |
| overpraise | (verb) praise excessively | - |
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| overprice | (verb) price excessively high | - |
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| overprint | (verb) print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper | Synonyms: print over |
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| overproduce | (verb) produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted | - |
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| (verb) produce in excess | - |
| overprotect | (verb) protect excessively | - |
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| (verb) care for like a mother | Synonyms: fuss, mother |
| overrate | (verb) make too high an estimate of | Synonyms: overestimate |
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| overreach | (verb) beat through cleverness and wit | Synonyms: beat, circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit |
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| (verb) fail by aiming too high or trying too hard | - |
| overreact | (verb) show an exaggerated response to something | - |
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| overrefine | (verb) refine too much or with excess of subtlety | Synonyms: over-refine |
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| override | (verb) rule against | Synonyms: overrule, overthrow, overturn, reverse |
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| (verb) ride (a horse) too hard | - |
| (verb) counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle) | - |
| (verb) prevail over | - |
| overrule | (verb) rule against | Synonyms: override, overthrow, overturn, reverse |
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| overrun | (verb) run beyond or past | - |
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| (verb) seize the position of and defeat | - |
| (verb) flow or run over (a limit or brim) | Synonyms: brim over, overflow, run over, well over |
| (verb) invade in great numbers | Synonyms: infest |
| (verb) occupy in large numbers or live on a host | Synonyms: infest, invade |
| oversee | (verb) watch and direct | Synonyms: manage, superintend, supervise |
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| oversew | (verb) sew (two edges) with close stitches that pass over them both | - |
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| overshadow | (verb) cast a shadow upon | - |
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| (verb) be greater in significance than | Synonyms: dominate, eclipse |
| (verb) make appear small by comparison | Synonyms: dwarf, shadow |
| overshoot | (verb) aim too high | - |
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| (verb) shoot beyond or over (a target) | - |
| oversimplify | (verb) simplify to an excessive degree | - |
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| oversleep | (verb) sleep longer than intended | - |
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| overspecialise | (verb) become overly specialized | Synonyms: overspecialize |
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| overspecialize | (verb) become overly specialized | Synonyms: overspecialise |
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| overspend | (verb) spend at a high rate | - |
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| (verb) spend more than available of (a budget) | - |
| overspread | (verb) spread across or over | Synonyms: spread |
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| overstate | (verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | Synonyms: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw |
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| overstay | (verb) stay too long | Synonyms: outstay |
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| overstep | (verb) pass beyond (limits or boundaries) | Synonyms: transgress, trespass |
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| (verb) be superior or better than some standard | Synonyms: exceed, go past, pass, top, transcend |
| overstock | (verb) stock excessively | - |
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| overstrain | (verb) strain excessively | Synonyms: overextend |
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| overstress | (verb) place special or excessive emphasis on | Synonyms: overemphasise, overemphasize |
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| overstretch | (verb) strain abnormally | Synonyms: pull |
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| overstuff | (verb) stuff too much | - |
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| oversupply | (verb) supply with an excess of | Synonyms: flood, glut |
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| overtake | (verb) catch up with and possibly overtake | Synonyms: catch, catch up with |
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| (verb) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | Synonyms: overcome, overpower, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm |
| (verb) travel past | Synonyms: overhaul, pass |
| overtax | (verb) tax excessively | - |
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| overthink | (verb) to spend to much time considering something and thus reach the wrong conclusion | - |
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| overthrow | (verb) rule against | Synonyms: override, overrule, overturn, reverse |
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| (verb) cause the downfall of; of rulers | Synonyms: bring down, overturn, subvert |
| overtire | (verb) tire excessively | Synonyms: overfatigue, overweary |
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