Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 40
Overreach (v. i.) (Naut.) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary. -- Shak.
Overreach (v. i.) To cheat by cunning or deception.
Overreach (n.) The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.
Overreach (v.) Fail by aiming too high or trying too hard.
Overreach (v.) Beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" [syn: outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent].
Overreacher (n.) One who overreaches; one who cheats; a cheat.
Overread (v. t.) To read over, or peruse. -- Shak.
Overready (a.) Too ready. -- O"ver*read"*i*ly, adv. -- O"ver*read"i*ness, n.
Overreckon (v. t.) To reckon too highly.
Overred (v. t.) To smear with red. [Obs.]
Overrefine (v. t.) To refine too much.
Overrefine (v.) Refine too much or with excess of subtlety; "He is overrefining this matter" [syn: overrefine, over-refine].
Overrefined (a.) 過於精鍊的 Excessively delicate or refined. [syn: overrefined, superfine].
Overrefinement (n.) Excessive refinement.
Overrefinement (n.) The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean [syn: distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting].
Overrent (v. t.) To rent for too much.
Overrich (a.) Exccessively rich.
Overrode (imp.) of Override.
Overridden (p. p.) of Override.
Overrode () of Override.
Overrid () of Override.
Overriding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Override.
Override (v. t.) 撤銷，推翻；使無效；不顧，無視；權力高於；優先於；壓倒；騎馬越過；踐踏；壓垮；把（馬等）騎得過累；使（骨折端等）重疊；【美】向……收取銷售酬金 To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.
The carter overridden with [i. e., by] his cart. -- Chaucer.
Override (v. t.) To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; as, one low overrides another; to override a veto.
Override (v. t.) Hence: To countermand; to overrule; as, a supervisor may override the decision of a subordinate.
Override (v. t.) To replace (one system with another); as, the pilot overrode the automatic pilot and took manual control of the airplane.
Override (v. t.) To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obs.]
I overrode him on the way. -- Shak.
Override (v. t.) To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength.
Override (n.) 【美】銷售酬金；超馳控制裝置；撤消；推翻 A manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device.
Override (n.) The act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something [syn: nullification, override].
Compare: Nullification
Nullification (n.) [U] 無效，廢棄，取消；【美】州對聯邦法令的拒絕執行（或承認）See Nullify.
Compare: Nullify
Nullify (v.) (nullifies, nullifying, nullified) [With object] 使無效；廢棄；取消；使變得無用，抵銷 Make legally null and void; invalidate.
‘Judges were unwilling to nullify government decisions.’
Nullify (v. t.) Make of no use or value; cancel out.
‘Insulin can block the release of the hormone and thereby nullify the effects of training.’
Override (v.) Rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill" [syn: overrule, overturn, override, overthrow, reverse].
Override (v.) Prevail over; "health considerations override financial concerns."
Override (v.) Counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle).
Override (v.) Ride (a horse) too hard.
Override (v.) (overrode, overridden) [With object] Use one's authority to reject or cancel (a decision, view, etc.).
‘The courts will ultimately override any objections.’
Override (v.) (overrode, overridden) [With object] Be more important than.
‘This commitment should override all other considerations.’
Override (v.) (overrode, overridden) [With object] Interrupt the action of (an automatic device), typically in order to take manual control.
‘You can override the cut-out by releasing the switch.’
Override (v.) (overrode, overridden) [With object] [Technical] Extend over; overlap.
‘The external rendering should not override the damp-proof membrane.’
Override (v.) (overrode, overridden) [With object] Travel or move over.
[As noun overriding] ‘Overriding by vehicles is implicated in over half the cases of footway damage.’
Override (n.) A device for suspending an automatic function on a machine.
‘The flash has to have a manual override to be useful.’
Override (n.) An excess or increase on a budget, salary, or cost.
‘Commission overrides give established carriers an unfair advantage.’
Override (n.) [US] A cancellation of a decision by exertion of authority or winning of votes.
‘The House vote in favour of the bill was 10 votes short of the requisite majority for an override.’
Overrigged (a.) Having too much rigging.
Overrighteous (a.) Excessively righteous; -- usually implying hypocrisy.
Overrigid (a.) Too rigid; too severe.
Overrigorous (a.) Too rigorous; harsh.
Overripe (a.) Matured to excess. -- Milton.
Overripe (a.) Too ripe and beginning to turn soft.
Overripen (v. t.) To make too ripe. -- Shak.
Overroast (v. t.) To roast too much.
Overruled (imp. & p. p.) of Overrule.
Overruling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overrule.
Overrule (v. t.) 否決；駁回；宣布……無效；拒絕；否決（或駁回）……的意見；強使改變 ；統治；支配；對……施加影響 To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.
Overrule (v. t.) To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter; as, God overrules the purposes of men; the chairman overruled the point of order.
His passion and animosity overruled his conscience. -- Clarendon.
These [difficulties] I had habitually overruled. -- F. W. Newman.
Overrule (v. t.) (Law) To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court.
Overrule (v. i.) To be superior or supreme in rulling or controlling; as, God rules and overrules. -- Shak.
Overrule (v.) Rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill" [syn: overrule, overturn, override, overthrow, reverse].
Overruler (n.) One who, or that which, controls, governs, or determines.
Overruling (a.) Exerting controlling power; as, an overruling Providence.
Overran (imp.) of Overrun.
Overrun (p. p.) of Overrun.
Overrunning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overrun.
Overrun (v. t.) （雜草等）蔓延於；（蟲害等）侵擾 [H] [（+with）]；溢出 To run over; to grow or spread over in excess; to invade and occupy; to take possession of; as, the vine overran its trellis; the farm is overrun with witch grass.
Those barbarous nations that overran the world. -- Spenser.
Overrun (v. t.) To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running.
Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi. -- 2 Sam. xviii. 23.
Overrun (v. t.) To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line overruns another in length.
Note: In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it.
Overrun (v. t.) To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
None of them the feeble overran. -- Spenser.
Overrun (v. t.) (Print.) To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page into the next after, or next before.
Overrun (v. t.) (Print.) To extend the contents of (a line, column, or page) into the next line, column, or page.
Overrun (v. i.) 泛濫；溢出；超越限度 To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess.
Despised and trodden down of all that overran. -- Spenser.
Overrun (v. i.) (Print.) To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line, or advertisement, overruns.
Overrun (n.) [S] 泛濫；橫行 Too much production or more than expected [syn: overproduction, overrun].
Overrun (v.) Invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen" [syn: infest, overrun].
Overrun (v.) Occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North" [syn: invade, overrun, infest].
Overrun (v.) Flow or run over (a limit or brim) [syn: overflow, overrun, well over, run over, brim over].
Overrun (v.) Seize the position of and defeat; "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land."
Overrun (v.) Run beyond or past; "The plane overran the runway."
Overrun (n.) [Techspeak] Term for a frequent consequence of data arriving faster than it can be consumed, esp. in serial line communications. For example, at 9600 baud there is almost exactly one character per millisecond, so if a {silo can hold only two characters and the machine takes longer than 2 msec to get to service the interrupt, at least one character will be lost.
Overrun (n.) Also applied to non-serial-I/O communications. ?I forgot to pay my electric bill due to mail overrun.? ?Sorry, I got four phone calls in 3 minutes last night and lost your message to overrun.? When thrashing at tasks, the next person to make a request might be told ? Overrun!? Compare {firehose syndrome.}
Overrun (n.) More loosely, may refer to a buffer overflow not necessarily related to processing time (as in overrun screw).
Overrun (n.) A frequent consequence of data arriving faster than it can be consumed, especially in serial line communications. For example, at 9600 baud there is almost exactly one character per millisecond, so if a silo can hold only two characters and the machine takes longer than 2 milliseconds to get to service the interrupt, at least one character will be lost.
Overrun (n.) Also applied to non-serial-I/O communications. "I forgot to pay my electric bill due to mail overrun." "Sorry, I got four phone calls in 3 minutes last night and lost your message to overrun." When thrashing at tasks, the next person to make a request might be told "Overrun!" Compare firehose syndrome.
Overrun (n.) More loosely, may refer to a buffer overflow not necessarily related to processing time (as in overrun screw). [{Jargon File}]
Overrunner (n.) 泛濫成災；超出限度 (Overrun的變形) One that overruns. -- Lovelace.
Oversaturate (v. t.) To saturate to excess.
Oversay (v. t.) To say over; to repeat.
Overscented (a.) Scented excessively.
Overscented (a.) Covered or concealed by a different odor.
Overscrupulosity (n.) Overscrupulousness.
Overscrupulous (a.) Scrupulous to excess.
Overscrupulousness (n.) The quality or state of being overscrupulous; excess of scrupulousness.
Oversea (a.) Beyond the sea; foreign.
Oversea (adv.) Alt. of Overseas.
Overseas (adv.) Over the sea; abroad.
Oversearch (v. t.) To search all over.
Overseason (v. t.) To season too highly.
Oversaw (imp.) of Oversee.
Overseen (p. p.) of Oversee.
Overseeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oversee.
Oversee (v. t.) To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook.
Oversee (v. t.) To omit or neglect seeing.
Oversee (v. i.) To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived.
Overseer (n.) One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor; as, an overseer of a mill; specifically, one or certain public officers; as, an overseer of the poor; an overseer of highways.
Overseership (n.) The office of an overseer.
Oversold (imp. & p. p.) of Oversell.
Overselling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oversell.
Oversell (v. t.) To sell for a higher price than; to exceed in selling price.
Oversell (v. t.) To sell beyond means of delivery.
Overset (imp. & p. p.) of Overset.
Oversetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overset.
Overset (v. t.) To turn or tip (anything) over from an upright, or a proper, position so that it lies upon its side or bottom upwards; to upset; as, to overset a chair, a coach, a ship, or a building. --Dryden.
Overset (v. t.) To cause to fall, or to tail; to subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset a government or a plot. --Addison.
Overset (v. t.) To fill too full. [Obs.] --Howell.
Overset (v. i.) To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset. --Mortimer.
Overset (n.) An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a carriage.
Overset (n.) An excess; superfluity. [Obs.] "This overset of wealth and pomp. " --Bp. Burnel.
Overshade (v. t.) To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow. --Shak.
Overshadowed (imp. & p. p.) of Overshadow.
Overshadowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overshadow.
Overshadow (v. t.) To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure.
There was a cloud that overshadowed them. -- Mark ix. 7.
Overshadow (v. t.) Fig.: To cover with a superior influence; to be viewed as more important than. -- Milton.
Overshadow (v. t.) To cause to be sad or disappointing; to cast a sad shadow on; as, an accidental death overshadowed the joy of the festival.
Overshadower (n.) One that throws a shade, or shadow, over anything. --Bacon.
Overshadowy (a.) Overshadowing. [R.]
Overshake (v. t.) To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Overshine (v. t.) To shine over or upon; to illumine. -- Shak.
Overshine (v. t.) To excel in shining; to outshine. -- Shak.
Overshoe (n.) 套鞋 A shoe that is worn over another for protection from wet or for extra warmth; esp., an India-rubber shoe; a galoche.
Overshoe (n.) Footwear that protects your shoes from water or snow or cold.
Overshot (imp. & p. p.) of Overshoot.
Overshooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overshoot.
Overshoot (v. t.) 射（箭）過靶；超越；飛速駛過；（在射擊上）勝過 To shoot over or beyond ; to miss; as, to overshoot a mark; to overshoot the green in golf. "Not to overshoot his game." -- South.
Overshoot (v. t.) Hence: To go beyond an intended point or limit; as, to overshoot the runway in landing an airplane; to overshoot the endpoint in a titration.
Overshoot (v. t.) To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. -- Hartle.
Overshoot (v. t.) To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. -- Cowper.
To overshoot one's self, To venture too far; to assert too much.
Overshoot (v. i.) （射擊時）超過靶子；（飛機著陸時）滑出跑道；做得過分 To fly beyond the mark. -- Collier.
Overshoot (n.) An approach that fails and gives way to another attempt [syn: overshoot, wave-off, go-around].
Overshoot (v.) Shoot beyond or over (a target) [ant: undershoot].
Overshoot (v.) Aim too high; "The plan overshoots its aim."
Overshot (a.) （水車）上射式的；上顎突出的；overshoot 的動詞過去式、過去分詞 From Overshoot, v. t.
Overshot wheel, A vertical water wheel, the circumference of which is covered with cavities or buckets, and which is turned by water which shoots over the top of it, filling the buckets on the farther side and acting chiefly by its weight.
Overshot (a.) (Zool.) Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower; -- said of the jaws of some dogs.
Overshot (a.) Actuated by the weight of water passing over and flowing from above.
// An overshot waterwheel.
Overshot (a.) Having the upper jaw extending beyond the lower.
Overshot (a.) Projecting beyond the lower jaw.
Overshot (n.) A pattern or weave featuring filling threads which pass two or more warp yarns before reentering the fabric.
Overshot (a.) Having an upper part projecting beyond the lower; "an overshot jaw."
Oversight (n.) Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.
Oversight (n.) An overlooking; an omission; an error. -- Hooker.