Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 39

Overmarch (v. t. & i.) To march too far, or too much; to exhaust by marching. -- Baker.

Overmast (v. t.) (Naut.) To furnish (a vessel) with too long or too heavy a mast or masts.

Overmaster (v. t.) 壓倒;征服;打敗 To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern.

Overmaster (v.) Overcome by superior force [syn: overpower, overmaster, overwhelm].

Overmatch (v. t.) To be more than equal to or a match for; hence, to vanquish. -- Drayton.

Overmatch (v. t.) 優於;勝過;壓倒 To marry (one) to a superior. [Obs.] -- Burton.

Overmatch (n.) 較強的對手;實力懸殊的比賽 One superior in power; also, an unequal match; a contest in which one of the opponents is overmatched. -- Milton. -- D. Webster.

Overmeasure (v. t.) 對……估量過高 To measure or estimate too largely.

Overmeasure (n.) 過高的估量;剩餘量 Excessive measure; the excess beyond true or proper measure; surplus.

Overmeddle (v. t.) To meddle unduly.

Overmeddling (n.) Excessive interference. "Justly shent for their overmeddling." -- Fuller.

Overmellow (a.) Too mellow; overripe.

Overmerit (n.) Excessive merit. -- Bacon.

Overmickle (a. & adv.) Overmuch. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Overmix (v. t.) 拌和過度 To mix with too much.

Overmodest (a.) Modest to excess; bashful. -- O"ver*mod"est*ly, adv.

Overmodest (a.) 過分謙虛的;過分羞怯的 Affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way [syn: coy, demure, overmodest].

Overmoist (a.) Excessively moist. -- Bacon.

Overmoisture (n.) Excess of moisture.

Overmore (adv.) Beyond; moreover. [Obs.]

Overmorrow (n.) 後天 The day after or following to-morrow. [Obs.] -- Bible (1551).

Overmost (a.) Over the rest in authority; above all others; highest. [Obs.] -- Fabyan.

Overmount (v. t.) To mount over; to go higher than; to rise above.

Overmuch (a.) 過多的;過度的 Too much.

Overmuch (adv.) 過多地;過度地 In too great a degree; too much.

Overmuch (n.) 過度;過量 An excess; a surplus.

Overmuch (adv.) More than necessary; "she eats too much"; "let's not blame them overmuch" [syn: overmuch, too much].

Overmuch (a.) Very great in quantity; overabundant; "showed overmuch affection".

Overmuch (n.) A quantity that is more than what is appropriate; "four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy"; "we received an inundation of email" [syn: overabundance, overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance].

Overmuchness (n.) The quality or state of being in excess; superabundance. [R.] -- B. Jonson.

Overmuchness (n.) A quantity that is more than what is appropriate; "four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy"; "we received an inundation of email" [syn: overabundance, overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance].

Overmultiply (v. t. & i.) To multiply or increase too much; to repeat too often.

Overmultitude (v. t.) To outnumber. [Obs.]

Overname (v. t.) To name over or in a series; to recount. [Obs.] -- Shak.

Overneat (a.) Excessively neat. -- Spectator.

Overnice (a.) 太過講究的;過分挑剔的 Excessively nice; fastidious. -- Bp. Hall. -- O"ver*nice"ly, adv. -- O"ver*nice"ness, n.

Overnice (a.) Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow" [syn: dainty, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish].

Overnight (a.) 通宵的,晚上的,前夜的 Ocurring or accomplished during one night; as, guaranteed overnight delivery of a package.

Overnight (n.) 前晚 The fore part of the night last past; the previous evening.  [R.] -- Shak.

Overnight (adv.) 在前一夜,整夜,昨晚一晚上 In the fore part of the night last past; in the evening before; also, during the night; as, the candle will not last overnight.

Overnight (adv.) Throughout the night; as, the candle will not last overnight.

Overnight (adv.) During the night; hence, in a short period of time; as, his prospects of winning changed overnight.

I had been telling her all that happened overnight. -- Dickens.

Overnight (adv.) During or for the length of one night; "the fish marinates overnight."

Overnight (adv.) Happening in a short time or with great speed; "these solutions cannot be found overnight!".

Overnight (a.) Lasting, open, or operating through the whole night; "a nightlong vigil"; "an all-night drugstore"; "an overnight trip" [syn: {nightlong}, {all-night}, {overnight}].

Overnoise (v. t.) To overpower by noise.

Overnumerous (a.) Excessively numerous; too many.

Overoffice (v. t.) To domineer over by virtue of office. [Obs.] -- Shak.

Overofficious (a.) Too busy; too ready to intermeddle; too officious. -- Collier.

Overpaint (v. t.) (用漆等)塗掉;誇張 To color or describe too strongly. -- Sir W. Raleigh.

Overpamper (v. t.) To pamper excessively; to feed or dress too much. -- Dryton.

Overpart (v. t.) To give too important or difficult a part to. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.

Compare: Flyover

Flyover (n.) The upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels; called in the United States an overpass; as, an overpass is called a flyover or a flypast in England. [Brit.]

Syn: overpass, flypast.

Flyover (n.) A low-altitude flight (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground.

Syn: flypast.

Flypast (n.) The upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels; same as flyover; called in the United States an overpass. [Brit.]

Syn: overpass, flyover.

Flypast (n.) A low-altitude flight (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground.

Syn: flyover.

Overpass (v. i.) To pass over, away, or off.

Overpass (n.) A road or other pathway which passes over another road, railroad, or other path; as, he stopped on the street under the railroad overpass.

Overpassed (imp. & p. p.) of Overpass.

Overpassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overpass.

Overpass (v. t.) 越過;通過;忽略 To go over or beyond; to cross; as, to overpass a river; to overpass limits.

Overpass (v. t.) To pass above; -- of roadways and other paths; as, the highway overpasses the railroad tracks.

Overpass (v. t.) To pass over; to omit; to overlook; to disregard.

All the beauties of the East He slightly viewed and slightly overpassed. -- Milton.

Overpass (v. t.) To surpass; to excel. [R.] -- R. Browning.

Overpass (n.) 天橋;高架道;旱橋 Bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels [syn: overpass, flyover].

Overpassionate (a.) Passionate to excess. -- O"ver*pas"sion*ate*ly, adv.

Overpatient (a.) Patient to excess.

Overpaid (imp. & p. p.) of Overpay.

Overpaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overpay.

Overpay (v. t.) 給……過多報酬;多付(錢款) To pay too much to; to reward too highly.

Overpay (v. t.) To pay too much for; as, to overpay the loan balance.

Overpay (v. ) Pay too much [ant: underpay].

Overpeer (v. t.) To peer over; to rise above.

Overpeople (v. t.) 使人口過多;供以過多的人口 To people too densely.

Overperch (v. t.) To perch upon; to fly over. [Obs.] -- Shak.

Overpersuade (v. t.) 強行說服 To persuade or influence against one's inclination or judgment. -- Pope.

Overpester (v. t.) To pester exceedingly or excessively. -- Sir W. Raleigh.

Overpicture (v. t.) To surpass nature in the picture or representation of. [Obs.] "O'erpicturing that Venus." -- Shak.

Overplease (v. t.) 使十分高興 To please excessively.

Overplus (n.) 剩餘;過剩;超額 That which remains after a supply, or beyond a quantity proposed; surplus. -- Shak. "The overplus of a great fortune." -- Addison.

Overplus (n.) Extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches" [syn: overplus, plethora, superfluity, embarrassment].

Compare: Embarrassment

Embarrassment, (n.) 窘;難堪 [U];使人為難的人(或事物)[C]; 拮据 [U] A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to say; disconcertedness.

The embarrassment which inexperienced minds have often to express themselves upon paper. -- W. Irving.

The embarrassments tom commerce growing out of the late regulations. -- Bancroft.

Embarrassment, () Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to pay debts.

Embarrassment (n.) The shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public.

Embarrassment (n.) The state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy); "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments."

Embarrassment (n.) Some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals" [ant: disembarrassment].

Embarrassment (n.) Extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches" [syn: overplus, plethora, superfluity, embarrassment].

Overplus. () What is left beyond a certain amount; the residue, the remainder of a thing. The same as Surplus. (q.v.)

Overplus. () The overplus may be certain or uncertain. It is certain, for example, when an estate is worth three thousand dollars, and the owner asserts it to be so in his will, and devises of the proceeds one thousand dollars to A, one thousand dollars to B, and the overplus to C, and in consequence of the deterioration of the estate, or from some other cause, it sells for less than three thousand dollars, each of the legatees A, B and C shall take one third: the overplus is uncertain where, for example, a testator does not know the value of his estate, and gives various legacies and the overplus to another legatee; the latter will be entitled only to what may be left. 18 Ves. 466. See Residue; Surplus.

Overply (v. t.) To ply to excess; to exert with too much vigor; to overwork. -- Milton.

Overpoise (v. t.) To outweigh; to overbalance. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.

Overpoise (n.) Preponderant weight; a counterbalance. [R.] -- Mrs. Browning.

Overpolish (v. t.) To polish too much.

Overponderous (a.) Too heavy.

Overpost (v. t.) To post over; to pass over swiftly, as by post. -- Shak.

Overpotent (a.) Too potent or powerful.

Overpowered (imp. & p. p.) of Overpower.

Overpowering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overpower.

Overpower (v. t.) 擊敗;制伏;(感情等)壓倒,使無法忍受 To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes. "And overpower'd that gallant few." -- Wordsworth.

Syn: To overbear; overcome; vanquish; defeat; crush; overwhelm; overthrow; rout; conquer; subdue.

Overpower (n.) A dominating power. -- Bacon.

Overpower (v.) Overcome by superior force [syn: overpower, overmaster, overwhelm].

Overpower (v.) Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli [syn: overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake].

Overpowering (a.) Excelling in power; too powerful; irresistible. -- O`ver*pow"er*ing*ly, adv.

Overpraise (v. t.) 過度誇獎 To praise excessively or unduly.

Overpraise (v.) Praise excessively.

Overpraising (n.) 過度讚揚 The act of praising unduly; excessive praise. -- Milton.

Overpress (v. t.) 加以過大壓力;過分堅持 To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm. -- Shak.

Overpress (v. t.) To overcome by importunity. -- Johnson.

Overpressure (n.) (學習、腦力勞動等的)過大壓力 Excessive pressure or urging. -- London Athenaeum.

Overpressure (n.) A transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure; "the overpressure of the blast kills by lethal concussion."

Overprize (v. t.) 對……估計過高;過分珍視 To prize excessively; to overvalue. -- Sir H. Wotton.

Overproduction (n.) 生產過剩 [U] Excessive production; supply beyond the demand. -- J. S. Mill.

Overproduction (n.) Too much production or more than expected [syn: overproduction, overrun].

Overprompt (a.) Too prompt; too ready or eager; precipitate. -- O`ver*prompt"ness, n.

Overproof (a.) 酒精含量超過標準的 Containing more alcohol than proof spirit; stronger than proof spirit; that is, containing more than 49.3 per cent by weight of alcohol.

Overproportion (v. t.) To make of too great proportion.

Overproud (a.) 過分驕傲的;過分自得的 Exceedingly or unduly proud. "Overproud of his victory." -- Milton.

Overproud (a.) Excessively proud.

Overprovident (a.) Too provident.

Overprovoke (v. t.) To provoke excessively. -- Bp. Hall.

Overquell (v. t.) To quell or subdue completely. [R.] -- Bp. Hall.

Overquietness (n.) Too much quietness. -- Sir. T. Browne.

Overraked (imp. & p. p.) of Overrake.

Overraking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overrake.

Overrake (v. t.) (Naut.) To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves that break over a vessel anchored with head to the sea.

Overrank (a.) Too rank or luxuriant.

Overrated (imp. & p. p.) of Overrate.

Overrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overrate.

Overrate (v. t.) 過高估計 To rate or value too highly ; to overestimate.

Overrate (n.) An excessive rate. [R.] -- Massinger.

Overrate (v.) Make too high an estimate of; "He overestimated his own powers" [syn: overestimate, overrate] [ant: underestimate, underrate].

Overreached (imp. & p. p.) of Overreach.

Overraught () of Overreach.

Overreaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overreach.

Overreach (v. t.) 因伸展過長而超越;【古】趕上;超過 To reach above or beyond in any direction.

Overreach (v. t.) To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat. -- Shak.

Overreach (v. t.) To defeat one's own purpose by trying to do too much or by trying too hard or with excessive eagerness; -- used reflexively; as, the candidate overreached himself by trying to plant false rumors, which backfired.

Overreach (v. i.) 伸得過遠;詐騙 To reach too far; as:

Overreach (v. i.) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses.

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