Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 41
Oversight (n.) Escape from an overlooked peril. [R.] "His fool-happy oversight". -- Spenser.
Syn: Superintendence; supervision; inspection; overlooking; inadvertence; neglect; mistake; error; omission.
Oversight (n.) An unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something [syn: oversight, inadvertence].
Oversight (n.) Management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group [syn: supervision, supervising, superintendence, oversight].
Oversight (n.) A mistake resulting from inattention [syn: oversight, lapse].
Oversight (n.) (Mistake) [ C or U ] 失察；疏忽；疏漏 A mistake made because of a failure to notice something.
// They claimed it was simply (an) oversight.
Oversight (n.) (Responsibility) [ U ] 監督；照管 Responsibility for a job or activity and for making sure it is being done correctly.
// Who has oversight of genetic testing?
Oversize (v. t.) To surpass in size.
Oversize (v. t.) To cover with viscid matter. [R.]
O'ersized with coagulate gore. -- Shak.
Oversize (a.) Larger than normal for its kind [syn: outsize, outsized, oversize, oversized].
Overskip (v. t.) To skip or leap over; to treat with indifference. -- Shak.
Overskirt (n.) An upper skirt, shorter than the dress, and usually draped.
Overskirt (n.) An outer skirt worn over another skirt.
Overslaugh (n.) A bar in a river; as, the overslaugh in the Hudson River. [Local, U. S.] -- Bartlett.
Overslaugh (v. t.) To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or an impediment; as, to overslaugh a bill in a legislative body; to overslaugh a military officer, that is, to hinder his promotion or employment. [Local Cant, U. S.]
Oversleep (v. t.) To sleep beyond; as, to oversleep one's self or one's usual hour of rising.
Oversleep (v. i.) To sleep too long.
Oversleep (v.) Sleep longer than intended.
Overslide (v. t.) To slide over or by.
Overslip (v. t.) To slip or slide over; to pass easily or carelessly beyond; to omit; to neglect; as, to overslip time or opportunity.
Overslop (n.) An outer garment, or slop. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Overslow (v. t.) To render slow; to check; to curb. [Obs.] -- Hammond.
Overslow (a.) Too slow.
Oversmen (n. pl. ) of Oversman.
Oversman (n.) An overseer; a superintendent.
Oversman (n.) (Scots Law) An umpire; a third arbiter, appointed when two arbiters, previously selected, disagree.
Oversman, () Scotch law. A person commonly named in a submission, to whom power is given to determine in case the arbiters cannot agree in the sentence; sometimes the nomination of the oversman is left to the arbiters. In either case the oversman has no power to decide, unless the arbiters differ in opinion. Ersk. Pr. L. Scot. 4, 3, 16. The office of an oversman very much resembles that of an umpire.
Oversnow (v. t.) To cover with snow, or as with snow. [Poetic] -- Shak. -- Dryden.
Oversoon (adv.) Too soon. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Oversorrow (v. t.) To grieve or afflict to excess. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Oversoul (n.) The all-containing soul. [R.]
That unity, that oversoul, within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other. -- Emerson.
Oversow (v. t.) To sow where something has already been sown. [R.]
His enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat. -- Matt. xiii. 25. (Douay Version).
Overspan (v. t.) To reach or extend over.
Overspeak (v. t. & i.) To exceed in speaking; to speak too much; to use too many words.
Overspin (v. t.) To spin out to too great length; to protract unduly. -- W. Cartwright.
Overspread (imp. & p. p.) of Overspread.
Overspreading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overspread.
Overspread (v. t.) To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the earth. -- Chaucer.
Those nations of the North Which overspread the world. -- Drayton.
Overspread (v. i.) To be spread or scattered over.
Overspread (v.) Spread across or over; "A big oil spot spread across the water" [syn: spread, overspread].
Overspring (v. t.) To spring or leap over.
Overstand (v. t.) To stand on the price or conditions of, so as to lose a sale; to lose by an extravagant price or hard conditions. [Obs.]
What madman would o'erstand his market twice? -- Dryden.
Overstare (v. t.) To outstare. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Overstare (v. i.) To stare wildly. [Obs.] -- Ascham.
Overstated (imp. & p. p.) of Overstate.
Overstating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overstate.
Overstate (v. t.) To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. -- Fuller.
Overstate (v.) To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" [syn: overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify] [ant: downplay, minimise, minimize, understate].
Overstatement (n.) An exaggerated statement or account.
Overstatement (n.) Making to seem more important than it really is [syn: exaggeration, overstatement, magnification] [ant: understatement].
Overstayed (imp. & p. p.) of Overstay.
Overstaid () of Overstay.
Overstaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overstay.
Overstay (v. t.) To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time ; to overstay one's welcome. -- Bp. Hall.
Overstay (v.) Stay too long; "overstay or outstay one's welcome" [syn: overstay, outstay].
Overstepped (imp. & p. p.) of Overstep.
Overstepping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overstep.
Overstep (v. t.) To step over or beyond; to transgress ; as, to overstep the bounds of propriety. -- Shak.
Overstep (v.) Pass beyond (limits or boundaries) [syn: transgress, trespass, overstep].
Overstep (v.) Be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year" [syn: exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past, top].
Overstimulation (n.) An act or instance of excessively stimulating something, particularly when the result is undesirable:
// Overstimulation of the economy gave us record job openings, an indication of the demand that can’t be met by the available workforce.
Overstimulation (n.) Physiology, Medicine/ Medical. sensory overload ( def ):
// A big, extravagant party may seem like a kid-pleaser, but for many children it’s overstimulation, which can evoke anxiety, withdrawal, anger, etc.
Overstimulation (n.) Biology, Physiology. especially of a gland or nerve, the act of being or becoming overactive and producing an abnormal increase in whatever substance or effect would otherwise be a normal function:
// Too much thyroid hormone in the body occurs from overstimulation of the thyroid gland, but that can be regulated with medication.
// The blood vessels in the lower extremities have dilated, suggesting overstimulation of the vagus nerve.
Overstock (n.) Stock in excess. -- Tatler.
Overstocked (imp. & p. p.) of Overstock.
Overstocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overstock.
Overstock (v. t.) To fill too full; to supply in excess; as, to overstock a market with goods, or a farm with cattle.
Overstock (v.) Stock excessively [ant: understock].
Overstore (v. t.) To overstock. -- Sir. M. Hale.
Over-story (n.) (Arch.) The clearstory, or upper story, of a building.
Overstrained (imp. & p. p.) of Overstrain.
Overstraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overstrain.
Overstrain (v. i.) To strain one's self to excess. -- Dryden.
Overstrain (v. t.) To stretch or strain too much; as to overstrain one's nerves. -- Ayliffe.
Overstrain (n.) Too much strain.
Overstrain (v.) Strain excessively; "He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment" [syn: overstrain, overextend].
Overstraitly (adv.) Too straitly or strictly. [Obs.] -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Overstraw (v. t.) To overstrew. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Overstrew (v. t.) To strew or scatter over.
Overstrict (a.) Excessively strict.
Overstride (v. t.) To stride over or beyond.
Overstrike (v. t.) To strike beyond. [Obs.]
Overstrow (v. t.) See Overstrew.
Overstudious (a.) Too studious. Oversubtile
Oversubtile (a.) Excessively subtile.
Oversum (n.) A sum or quantity over; surplus. [Obs.] -- Holinshed.
Oversupply (n.) An excessive supply ; a supply in excess of demand.
A general oversupply or excess of all commodities. -- J. S. Mill.
Oversupply (v. t.) To supply in excess.
Oversupply (n.) The quality of being so overabundant that prices fall [syn: glut, oversupply, surfeit].
Oversupply (v.) Supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient" [syn: flood, oversupply, glut].
Oversure (a.) Excessively sure.
Oversway (v. t.) To bear sway over.
Overswell (v. t. & i.) To swell or rise above; to overflow. [R.] -- Shak.
Overt (a.) Open to view; public; apparent; manifest . Opposite of hidden.
Overt and apparent virtues bring forth praise. -- Bacon.
Overt (a.) (Law) Not covert; open; public; manifest; as, an overt act of treason. -- Macaulay.
No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. -- Constitution of the U. S.
Note: In criminal law, an overt act is an open act done in pursuance and manifestation of a criminal design; the mere design or intent not being punishable without such act. In English law, market overt is an open market; a pound overt is an open, uncovered pound.
Overt (a.) Open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots" [syn: overt, open] [ant: covert].
Overt. () Open. An overt act in treason is proof of the intention of the traitor, because it opens his designs; without an overt act treason cannot be committed. 2 Chit: Cr. Law, 40. An overt act then, is one which manifests the intention of the traitor, to commit treason. Archb. Cr. Pl. 379 4 Bl. Com. 79.
Overt. () The mere contemplation or intention to commit a crime; although a sin in the sight of heaven, is not an act amenable to human laws. The were speculative wantonness of a licentious imagination, however dangerous, or even sanguinary in its object, can in no case amount to a crime. But the moment that any overt act is manifest, the offender becomes amenable to the laws. Vide Attempt; Conspiracy, and Cro. Car. 577.
Overtook (imp.) of Overtake.
Overtaken (p. p.) of Overtake.
Overtaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overtake.
Overtake (v. t.) To come up with in a race, pursuit, progress, or motion; also, to catch up with and move ahead of.
Follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say . . . Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good. -- Gen. xliv. 4.
He had him overtaken in his flight. -- Spenser.
Overtake (v. t.) Hence: To surpass in production, achievement, etc.; as, although out of school for half a year due to illness, the student returned and overtook all the others to finish as valedictorian.
Overtake (v. t.) To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome.
If a man be overtaken in a fault. -- Gal. vi. 1
I shall see The winged vengeance overtake such children. -- Shak.
Overtake (v. t.) Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Overtake (v. t.) To frustrate or render impossible or irrelevant; -- used mostly of plans, and commonly in the phrase overtaken by events; as, their careful marketing plan was overtaken by events.
Overtake (v.) Catch up with and possibly overtake; "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp" [syn: overtake, catch, catch up with].
Overtake (v.) Travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks" [syn: pass, overtake, overhaul].
Overtake (v.) Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli [syn: overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake].
Overtalk (v. i.) To talk to excess. -- Milton.
Overtask (v. t.) To task too heavily.
Overtax (v. t.) To tax or to task too heavily; as, a job that overtaxed his physical energies.
Overtax (v.) Tax excessively; "Don't overtax my constituents!"
Overtedious (a.) Too tedious.
Overtempt (v. t.) To tempt exceedingly, or beyond the power of resistance. -- Milton.
Overthrew (imp.) of Overthrow.
Overthrown (p. p.) of Overthrow.
Overthrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overthrow.
Overthrow (v. t.) To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.
His wife overthrew the table. -- Jer. Taylor.
Overthrow (v. t.) To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy; as, to overthrow a government.
When the walls of Thebes he overthrew. -- Dryden.
[Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion. -- Shak.
Overthrow (v. t.) (Baseball) To throw (a baseball) beyond; to throw too high and too far; to overshoot [1]; as, the shortstop overthrew the first baseman.
Syn: To demolish; overturn; prostrate; destroy; ruin; subvert; overcome; conquer; defeat; discomfit; vanquish; beat; rout.
Overthrow (n.) 打倒；推翻 [（the）S] ；【棒】過高的傳球 [C] The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrow; ruin.
Your sudden overthrow much rueth me. -- Spenser.
Overthrow (n.) (Baseball) The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head.
Overthrow (n.) (Cricket) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run.
Overthrow (n.) The termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force).
Overthrow (n.) The act of disturbing the mind or body; "his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living" [syn: {upset}, {derangement}, {overthrow}].
Overthrow (v.) Cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class" [syn: {overthrow}, {subvert}, {overturn}, {bring down}].
Overthrow (v.) Rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill" [syn: {overrule}, {overturn}, {override}, {overthrow}, {reverse}].
Overthwart (a.) Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite. "Our overthwart neighbors." -- Dryden.
Overthwart (a.) Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing. "Overthwart humor." -- Clarendon.
Overthwart (adv.) Across; crosswise; transversely. "Y'clenched overthwart and endelong." -- Chaucer.
Overthwart (prep.) Across; from alde to side of. "Huge trees overthwart one another." -- Milton.
Overthwart (n.) That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition. [Obs.] -- Surrey.
Overthwart (v. t.) To cross; to oppose. [Obs.]
Overthwartly (adv.) In an overthwart manner; across; also, perversely. [Obs.] -- Peacham.
Overthwartness (n.) The state of being overthwart; perverseness. [Obs.] -- Lord Herbert.
Overtilt (v. t.) To tilt over; to overturn.
Overtime (n.) Time beyond, or in excess of, a limit; esp., extra working time.
Overtime (n.) (Sports) An extra period of time provided to play a game, beyond the end of the normal period allowed for the game, for the purpose of resolving a tie score; as, the team won in overtime.
Sudden death overtime, An overtime [2] in which the first team to score wins the game; -- contrasted with normal overtime [2], which is a fixed period of time during which either team may score as often as they can.
Overtime (adv.) Beyond the regular time; "she often has to work overtime".
Overtime (n.) Work done in addition to regular working hours.
Overtime (n.) Playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie [syn: overtime, extra time] [ant: regulation time].