n
(idiomatic) A step or action that is too ambitious; an act of overreaching.
n
(idiomatic, almost always preceded by a) Superior to the norm.
n
One who, or that which, encumbers; an encumbrance.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To go too far; to be excessive.
n
One who, or that which, exceeds.
v
(transitive, archaic, rare) To exceed, to go beyond
n
Alternative form of featuritis [(informal) feature creep]
v
(transitive, obsolete) To accustom to bad habits; spoil by indulgence; pamper.
v
(archaic, transitive) To overwork; exhaust with toil.
n
(countable, bodybuilding, colloquial) hyperextension exercise
v
To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.
v
(slang, UK) To engage in or seek pleasurable activities with great enthusiasm.
v
(transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To increase (in price); add to.
v
(transitive) To advertise more or better than.
v
To have more influence or significance than another; to preponderate or outweigh.
v
(transitive) To surpass in cooking; to cook better than.
v
(transitive) To cure more effectively than; to surpass in curing.
n
The act by which one person outdoes another.
v
(transitive) To show more nerve than.
v
(transitive, stative) to be more in number than somebody or something.
v
(archaic, transitive) To outweigh.
v
(transitive) To produce more than.
v
(transitive) To purchase more than.
v
(transitive) To outdo by straining.
v
(transitive) To exceed in importance or value.
v
(transitive) To throw (someone or something) off balance; to cause to capsize.
v
(mathematics) To provide an upper bound to.
v
(transitive) To build over or on top of another structure.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To take over.
n
A larger-than-intended electric current.
v
(transitive) To cut excessively.
v
(slang, obsolete, rare) To overdraw one's bank account.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To fall or droop over; overshadow.
v
(obsolete) To embellish with outward ornaments or flourishes; to varnish over.
v
(intransitive) To exceed limits or capacity.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To get more than expected or due.
v
(transitive) To grow over; (of one thing) to cause (a second thing) to become overgrown (with or by the first thing).
n
(economics) The volume that tips the balance between the demand and the supply toward demand lagging supply.
v
(intransitive) To heal over.
v
To hit too far or too hard.
v
(obsolete, by extension) To exaggerate; to boast.
v
To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
n
(transport, law, of a vehicle) An excess of length.
v
(intransitive) To live too long.
adj
(obsolete) Over the rest in authority; above all others; highest.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To surpass nature in the picture or representation of; describe or portray with exaggeration.
v
To form an overly thick plate on top of something.
v
(figuratively, by extension) To act too boldly due to overestimating one's advantage.
v
(obsolete) To throw (someone or something) off balance.
v
To place a poster so that it covers all or part of another poster.
v
(transitive) To render imperceptible by means of greater strength, intensity, etc.
v
(transitive) To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush or overwhelm.
v
(transitive, computing) To punch (some value or pattern) over an existing pattern on paper tape.
v
To respond to input beyond the designated or expected range; to provide an overrrange.
v
(transitive, archaic) To get the better of, especially by artifice or cunning; to outwit.
n
One who or that which overrides.
v
(of dough, transitive, intransitive) To rise excessively.
n
An instance of overrunning.
v
(now rare) To unbalance (a situation, state etc.); to confuse, to put into disarray.
v
(sports) To position defensive players too far in a particular direction.
v
To go past something; to go too far.
v
(US, dialect, slang, transitive) To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or impediment.
v
To speak too much; to use too many words.
v
(usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, chiefly mechanics) To operate an engine or machine too fast.
v
To spin too much or too far.
v
(rare) to stand or insist too much or too long; overstay
v
(transitive) To strike (something) too hard.
v
Alternative form of overstrew [To strew or scatter over.]
v
(transitive, intransitive) To swell or rise above (something, especially the rim of a container, the sides of something hollow, etc.).
v
(transitive) To swim too fast or too strenuously.
v
(transitive) To write a graffiti tag over another.
v
(transitive) To overcome or persuade by talking; talk over.
adj
Surmounting, surpassing.
v
To topple over; to overturn (typically something precarious or unstable)
v
(transitive) To tower above or over.
v
(transitive) To tread over or upon.
n
The period of time one overwaits; an excessive duration of waiting; delay.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To expose too long to the influence of harsh weather, or show the effects of such exposure.
v
(proscribed) To overwhelm.
v
(transitive, archaic) To exceed in weight, outweigh; to preponderate; to weigh down.
v
(transitive) To wield over or in excess; overpower
v
(UK, dialect, transitive) To keep (seed, etc.) from the previous year.
v
To reach beyond one's limits; to be more capable than an expected limitation.
v
To overload with work or obligations.
n
(obsolete) overexertion; excessive tension; strain
v
To exaggerate, tell a tall tale.
v
(idiomatic) To exaggerate, often to the point where the truth is obscured or lost.
v
(obsolete) To more than compensate for; to outweigh.
v
(figuratively) To apply some idea, course of action, or line of thought to contexts where it was not meant to be applied.
n
(idiomatic) Too many tasks, responsibilities, or details to cope with or manage successfully.
adv
(informal) In or into an unconscious state.
v
To sell (something) at a lower price, or to work for lower wages, than a competitor.
v
(transitive) To live under; live beneath (something); to fail to live up to (something).
v
(transitive) To plant underneath.
v
(sports) To position defensive players too far in a particular direction.
v
To shoot not far enough or not well enough.
v
Not to go as far as a boundary or limit.
v
(rare) To raise (someone) up from under something that has overwhelmed them.
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