Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 37
Overflourish (v. t.) To embellish with outward ornaments or flourishes; to varnish over. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Overflowed (imp. & p. p.) of Overflow.
Overflowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overflow.
Overflow (v. t.) To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.
The northern nations overflowed all Christendom. -- Spenser.
Overflow (v. t.) To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.
Overflow (v. i.) To run over the bounds.
Overflow (v. i.) To be superabundant; to abound. -- Rogers.
Overflow (n.) A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation. -- Bacon.
Overflow (n.) That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance. -- Shak.
Overflow (n.) An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.
Overflow meeting, A meeting constituted of the surplus or overflow of another audience.
Overflow (n.) A large flow [syn: flood, overflow, outpouring].
Overflow (n.) The occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity [syn: overflow, runoff, overspill].
Overflow (v.) Flow or run over (a limit or brim) [syn: overflow, overrun, well over, run over, brim over].
Overflow (v.) Overflow with a certain feeling; "The children bubbled over with joy"; "My boss was bubbling over with anger" [syn: bubble over, overflow, spill over].
Overflow, () The condition that occurs when the result of a calculation is too big to store in the intended format. For example, the result of adding one to 255 cannot be represented as an unsigned, eight-bit integer. In a signed integer representation, overflow can occur when an integer becomes either too positive or too negative.
Overflow can also occur in the exponent of a floating point number representation. The term "{underflow" is sometimes used for negative overflow of the exponent.
Ignoring overflow will result in nonsensicle results such as 255 + 1 = 0. At the hardware level, the ALU typically indicates overflow by setting an overflow flag bit which the program can test. Programming languages will typically respond to overflow by raising some kind of signal or other error condition to halt normal execution.
Some languages attempt to avoid overflow by providing (optional) variable length number representation ({multiprecission arithmetic) so that the maximum number representable is limited only by the amount of storage available.
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Overflowing (n.) An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness.
He was ready to bestow the overflowings of his full mind on anybody who would start a subject. -- Macaulay.
Overflowing (a.) Covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub" [syn: afloat(p), awash(p), flooded, inundated, overflowing].
Overflowingly (adv.) In great abundance; exuberantly. -- Boyle.
Overflush (v. t.) To flush to excess. [R.]
Overflutter (v. t.) To flutter over.
Overflux (n.) Overflow; exuberance. [R.]
Overflew (imp.) of Overfly.
Overflown (p. p.) of Overfly.
Overflying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overfly.
Overfly (v. t.) To cross or pass over by flight. -- Byron.
Overfond (a.) Fond to excess. -- Milton. -- O"ver*fond"ly, adv. -- O"ver*fond"ness, n.
Overfond (a.) Excessively fond.
Overforce (n.) Excessive force; violence.
Overforward (a.) Forward to excess; too forward. -- O"ver*for"ward*ness, n.
Overfree (a.) Free to excess; too liberal; too familiar. -- O"ver*free"ly, adv.
Overfreighted (imp. & p. p.) of Overfreight.
Overfraught () of Overfreight.
Overfreighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overfreight.
Overfreight (v. t.) To put too much freight in or upon; to load too full, or too heavily; to overload.
Overfrequent (a.) Too frequent.
Overfrieze (v. t.) To cover with a frieze, or as with a frieze. -- E. Hall.
Overfront (v. t.) To confront; to oppose; to withstand. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Overfruitful (a.) Too fruitful.
Overfull (a.) Too full; filled to overflowing; excessively full; surfeited. -- Shak.
Overfull (a.) Exceeding demand; "a glutted market" [syn: glutted, overfull].
Overfullness (n.) The state of being excessively or abnormally full, so as to cause overflow, distention, or congestion; excess of fullness; surfeit.
Over-garment (n.) An outer garment.
Overgarrison (v. t.) To garrison to excess.
Overgaze (v. t.) To gaze; to overlook. [Poetic] "Earth's o'ergazing mountains." -- Byron.
Overget (v. t.) To reach; to overtake; to pass. [Obs.]
Overget (v. t.) To get beyond; to get over or recover from. [R.]
Overgild (v. t.) To gild over; to varnish.
Overgird (v. t.) To gird too closely. [R.]
Overgive (v. t.) To give over; to surrender; to yield. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Overglad (a.) Excessively or unduly glad.
Overglance (v. t.) To glance over. -- Wyatt.
Overglide (v. t.) To glide over. -- Wyatt.
Overgloom (v. t.) To spread gloom over; to make gloomy; to overshadow. [R.]
Overgloomed by memories of sorrow. -- De Quincey.
Overwent (imp.) of Overgo.
Overgone (p. p.) of Overgo.
Overgoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overgo.
Overgo (v. t.) To travel over. [R.] -- Shak.
Overgo (v. t.) To exceed; to surpass. [Obs.] -- Sir P. Sidney.
Overgo (v. t.) To cover. [Obs.] -- Chapman.
Overgo (v. t.) To oppress; to weigh down. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Overgorge (v. t.) To gorge to excess.
Overgorge (v.) Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream" [syn: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out].
Overgrace (v. t.) To grace or honor exceedingly or beyond desert. [R.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Overgrassed (a.) Overstocked, or overgrown, or covered, with grass. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Overgreat (a.) Too great.
Overgreatness (n.) Excessive greatness.
Overgreedy (a.) Excessively greedy.
Overgreedy (a.) Excessively gluttonous [syn: overgreedy, too-greedy].
Overgross (a.) Too gross.
Overground (a.) Situated over or above ground; as, the overground portion of a plant.
Overgrew (imp.) of Overgrow.
Overgrown (p. p.) of Overgrow.
Overgrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overgrow.
Overgrow (v. t.) To grow over; to cover with growth or herbage, esp. that which is rank; as, dandelions have overgrown the lawn.
The green . . . is rough and overgrown. -- Sir W. Scott.
Overgrow (v. t.) To grow beyond; to rise above; hence, to overcome; to oppress. [Obs.] -- Mortimer. "O'ergrown with labor." -- Beau. & Fl.
Note: [Usually in the past participle.]
Overgrow (v. i.) To grow beyond the fit or natural size; as, a huge, overgrown ox. -- L'Estrange.
Overgrow (v.) Grow too large.
Overgrow (v.) Become overgrown; "The patio overgrew with ivy."
Overgrow (v.) Grow beyond or across; "The ivy overgrew the patio" [syn: overgrow, grow over].
Overgrowth (n.) Excessive growth.
Overgrowth (n.) A growth that has covered somethin over.
Overgrowth (n.) Excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland [syn: giantism, gigantism, overgrowth].
Overgrowth (n.) A profusion of growth on or over something else.
Overhail (v. t.) See Overhaul. [Obs.]
Overhale (v. t.) See Overhaul. [Obs.]
Overhand (n.) The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me. -- Sir T. More.
Overhand (n.) (Baseball) A throwing or pitching style that is overhanded; also an overhand[2] pitch.
Overhand (a.) (Sewing) Over and over; -- applied to a style of sewing, or to a seam, in which two edges, usually selvedges, are sewed together by passing each stitch over both.
Overhand (a.) (Baseball, Cricket, Tennis, etc.) Done (as pitching or bowling) with the hand higher than the elbow, or the arm above, or higher than, the shoulder; as, an overhand pitch; an overhand stroke.
Overhand knot. See Illustration of Knot.
Overhand (adv.) In an overhand manner or style.
Overhand (a.) With hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level; "an overhand pitch"; "an overhand stroke" [syn: overhand, overhanded, overarm] [ant: underarm, underhand, underhanded].
Overhand (a.) Sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together) [syn: overhand, oversewn].
Overhandle (v. t.) To handle, or use, too much; to mention too often. -- Shak.
Overhung (imp. & p. p.) of Overhang.
Overhanging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overhang.
Overhang (v. t.) To impend or hang over. [R.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Overhang (v. t.) To hang over; to jut or project over. -- Pope.
Overhang (v. i.) To jut over. -- Milton.
Overhang (n.) (Arch.) In a general sense, that which just out or projects; a projection; also, the measure of the projection; as, the overhang is five feet.
Overhang (n.) (Arch.) Specifically: The projection of an upper part (as a roof, an upper story, or other part) of a building beyond the lower part; as, the overhang of a roof, of the eaves, etc.
Overhang (n.) (Arch.) (Naut.) The
portion of the bow or stem of a vessel that projects over the water beyond the
water line.
Overhang (n.) (Arch.) (Mach.) The projection of a part beyond
another part that is directly below it, or beyond a part by which it is
supported; as, the overhang of a shaft; i. e., its projection beyond its
bearing.
Overhang (n.) Projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else
Overhang (v.) Project over.
Overhang (v.) Be suspended over or hang over; "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town" [syn: overhang, beetle].
Overhappy (a.) Exceedingly happy. -- Shak.
Overharden (v. t.) To harden too much; to make too hard. -- Boyle.
Overhardy (a.) Too hardy; overbold.
Overhaste (n.) Too great haste.
Overhasty (a.) Too hasty; precipitate; rash. -- O"ver*has"ti*ly, adv. -- O`ver*has"ti*ness, n.
Overhasty (a.) Done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king" [syn: hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous].
Overhauled (imp. & p. p.) of Overhaul.
Overhauling () of Overhaul.
Overhaul (v. t.) To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.
Overhaul (v. t.) (Naut.) To gain upon in a chase; to overtake.
Overhaul (v. t.) To repair thoroughly; to make repairs on; -- usually implying major repairs and perhaps modifying improvements.
To overhaul a tackle, To pull on the leading parts so as to separate the blocks.
To overhaul running rigging, to keep it clear, and see that no hitch occurs. Overhaul
Overhaul (n.) Alt. of Overhauling.
Overhauling (n.) A strict examination with a view to correction or repairs.
Overhauling (n.) A major repair or a revision for the purpose of improvement.
Overhaul (n.) Periodic maintenance on a car or machine; "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor" [syn: overhaul, inspection and repair, service].
Overhaul (n.) The act of improving by renewing and restoring; "they are pursuing a general program of renovation to the entire property"; "a major overhal of the healthcare system was proposed" [syn: renovation, redevelopment, overhaul].
Overhaul (v.) Travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks" [syn: pass, overtake, overhaul].
Overhaul (v.) Make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health care system" [syn: overhaul, modernize, modernise].
Overhead (adv.) Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the story or upon the floor above; in the zenith.
While overhead the moon Sits arbitress. -- Milton.
Note: Also used adjectively; as, an overhead crane, gear, etc.
Overhead engine, A vertical steam engine in which the cylinder stands above the crank.
Overhead work, A general term in manufactories for countershafting and gearing, when overhead.
Overhead (n.) Same as overhead expenses.
Overhead (n.) A compartment on a train, bus, or airplane used for storage of luggage or accessory equipment; called also overhead compartment.
Overhead (n.) (Sports) A stroke with a racket in which the ball is struck with the racket over the head, moving in a downward motion; also called overhead stroke. Overhead charges
Overhead (adv.) Above your head; in the sky; "planes were flying overhead."
Overhead (adv.) Above the head; over the head; "bring the legs together Overhead."
Overhead (a.) Located or originating from above; "an overhead crossing" [ant: subsurface, surface].
Overhead (n.) The expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes [syn: operating expense, operating cost, overhead, budget items].
Overhead (n.) (Computer science) The processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command [syn: command processing overhead time, command processing overhead, command overhead, overhead].
Overhead (n.) (Computer science) The disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing [syn: disk overhead, overhead].
Overhead (n.) A transparency for use with an overhead projector [syn: viewgraph, overhead].
Overhead (n.) (Nautical) The top surface of an enclosed space on a ship.
Overhead (n.) A hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head [syn: overhead, smash].
Overheard (imp. & p. p.) of Overhear.
Overhearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overhear.
Overhear (v. t.) To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice. -- Shak.
Overhear (v. t.) To hear again. --Shak.
Overhear (v.) Hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers; "We overheard the conversation at the next table" [syn: catch, take in, overhear].
Overheat (v. t.) To heat to excess; to superheat. -- Cowper.
Overheat (v.) Get excessively and undesirably hot; "The car engines overheated."
Overheat (v.) Make excessively or undesirably hot; "The room was overheated."