overarch | (verb) form an arch over | Synonyms: arch over |
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(verb) be central or dominant | - |
overarm | (adjective) with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level | Synonyms: overhand, overhanded |
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overawe | (verb) subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats) | Synonyms: cow |
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overawed | (adjective) overcome by a feeling of awe | - |
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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 | - |
overbearing | (adjective) expecting unquestioning obedience | Synonyms: authoritarian, dictatorial |
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(adjective) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | Synonyms: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering |
overbearingly | (adverb) in an overbearing manner | - |
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overbearingness | (noun) the trait of being imperious and overbearing | Synonyms: domineeringness, imperiousness |
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overbid | (noun) a bid that is higher than preceding bids | - |
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(noun) (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand) | Synonyms: overcall |
(verb) bid more than the object is worth | - |
(verb) to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win | - |
overbite | (noun) (dentistry) malocclusion in which the upper teeth extend abnormally far over the lower teeth | - |
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overblown | (adjective) past the stage of full bloom | - |
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(adjective) puffed up with vanity | Synonyms: grandiloquent, pompous, pontifical, portentous |
overboard | (adverb) from on board a vessel into the water | - |
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(adverb) to extremes | - |
overboil | (verb) overflow or cause to overflow while boiling | Synonyms: boil over |
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(verb) boil excessively | - |
overbold | (adjective) improperly forward or bold | Synonyms: fresh, impertinent, impudent, sassy, saucy, smart, wise |
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overburden | (noun) an excessive burden | Synonyms: overload |
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(noun) the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits | - |
(verb) burden with too much work or responsibility | - |
(verb) load with excessive weight | - |
overburdened | (adjective) heavily burdened with work or cares | Synonyms: bowed down, loaded down, weighed down |
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overbusy | (adjective) too busy | - |
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overcall | (noun) (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand) | Synonyms: overbid |
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overcapitalisation | (noun) (business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants) | Synonyms: overcapitalization |
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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 |
overcapitalization | (noun) (business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants) | Synonyms: overcapitalisation |
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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 |
overcareful | (adjective) excessively or unduly careful | Synonyms: too-careful |
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overcast | (adjective) filled or abounding with clouds | Synonyms: cloud-covered, clouded, sunless |
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(noun) a cast that falls beyond the intended spot | - |
(noun) a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling | Synonyms: overcasting |
(noun) the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds | Synonyms: cloud cover, cloudiness |
(noun) gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover | Synonyms: cloudiness |
(verb) sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next | - |
(verb) sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches | - |
(verb) make overcast or cloudy | Synonyms: cloud |
overcasting | (noun) a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling | Synonyms: overcast |
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overcautious | (adjective) unnecessarily cautious | - |
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overcharge | (noun) a price that is too high | - |
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(verb) place too much a load on | Synonyms: overload, surcharge |
(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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overclothes | (noun) clothing for use outdoors | Synonyms: outerwear |
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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 |
overcoat | (noun) a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter | Synonyms: greatcoat, topcoat |
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(noun) an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish) | Synonyms: overcoating |
overcoating | (noun) an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish) | Synonyms: overcoat |
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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 |
overcomer | (noun) someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion | Synonyms: subduer, surmounter |
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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 |
overcompensation | (noun) excessive compensation | - |
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(noun) (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite | - |
overconfidence | (noun) total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant | Synonyms: certitude, cocksureness |
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overconfident | (adjective) marked by excessive confidence | Synonyms: cocksure, positive |
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overcook | (verb) cook too long | - |
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overcredulity | (noun) too much credulity | - |
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overcredulous | (adjective) too credulous for your own good | - |
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overcritical | (adjective) inclined to judge too severely | Synonyms: hypercritical |
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overcrop | (verb) to exhaust by excessive cultivation | Synonyms: overcultivate |
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overcrossing | (noun) a bridge designed for pedestrians | Synonyms: footbridge, pedestrian bridge |
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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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overcurious | (adjective) showing excessive curiosity | - |
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overdelicate | (adjective) extremely delicate | - |
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overdo | (verb) do something to an excessive degree | Synonyms: exaggerate |
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overdone | (adjective) cooked too long but still edible | - |
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(adjective) represented as greater than is true or reasonable | Synonyms: exaggerated, overstated |
overdose | (verb) dose too heavily | Synonyms: o.d. |
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overdraft | (noun) a draft in excess of the credit balance | - |
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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 |
overdressed | (adjective) dressed too elaborately | - |
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overdrive | (noun) a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power | - |
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(noun) the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration | - |
(verb) make use of too often or too extensively | Synonyms: overuse |
(verb) drive or work too hard | - |
overdue | (adjective) past due; not paid at the scheduled time | Synonyms: delinquent |
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overeager | (adjective) excessively eager | - |
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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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overeating | (noun) eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: gluttony, gula |
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overemotional | (adjective) excessively or abnormally emotional | Synonyms: sloppy |
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overemphasis | (noun) too much emphasis | - |
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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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overenthusiastic | (adjective) unduly enthusiastic | - |
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overestimate | (noun) a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high | Synonyms: overestimation, overrating, overreckoning |
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(noun) an appraisal that is too high | Synonyms: overappraisal, overestimation, overvaluation |
(verb) make too high an estimate of | Synonyms: overrate |
(verb) assign too high a value to | Synonyms: overvalue |
overestimation | (noun) a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high | Synonyms: overestimate, overrating, overreckoning |
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(noun) an appraisal that is too high | Synonyms: overappraisal, overestimate, overvaluation |
overexcited | (adjective) unduly excited | - |
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overexert | (verb) exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength | - |
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overexertion | (noun) excessive exertion; so much exertion that discomfort or injury results | - |
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overexploit | (verb) exploit excessively | - |
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overexploitation | (noun) exploitation to the point of diminishing returns | Synonyms: overuse, overutilisation, overutilization |
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overexpose | (verb) expose excessively | - |
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(verb) expose to too much light | - |
overexposure | (noun) the act of exposing film to too much light or for too long a time | - |
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(noun) the act of exposing someone excessively to an influencing experience | - |
overextend | (verb) strain excessively | Synonyms: overstrain |
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overfamiliar | (adjective) taking undue liberties | - |
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overfamiliarity | (noun) The state of being common or repeated to the point of being unnoticed or annoying. | - |
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overfatigue | (verb) tire excessively | Synonyms: overtire, overweary |
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overfed | (adjective) too well nourished | - |
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overfeed | (verb) feed excessively | - |
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overfeeding | (noun) excessive feeding | - |
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overfill | (verb) fill beyond capacity | - |
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overflight | (noun) a flight by an aircraft over a particular area (especially over an area in foreign territory) | - |
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overflow | (noun) a large flow | Synonyms: flood, outpouring |
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(noun) the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity | Synonyms: overspill, runoff |
(verb) overflow with a certain feeling | Synonyms: bubble over, spill over |
(verb) flow or run over (a limit or brim) | Synonyms: brim over, overrun, run over, well over |
overflowing | (adjective) covered with water | Synonyms: afloat, awash, flooded, inundated |
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overfly | (verb) fly over | Synonyms: pass over |
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overfond | (adjective) excessively fond | - |
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overfull | (adjective) exceeding demand | Synonyms: glutted |
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overgarment | (noun) a garment worn over other garments | Synonyms: outer garment |
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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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overgenerous | (adjective) very generous | Synonyms: lavish, munificent, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting |
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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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overgreedy | (adjective) excessively gluttonous | Synonyms: too-greedy |
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overgrow | (verb) grow beyond or across | Synonyms: grow over |
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(verb) become overgrown | - |
(verb) grow too large | - |
overgrown | (adjective) covered with growing plants | - |
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(adjective) abounding in usually unwanted vegetation | - |