Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 42
Overtire (v. t.) To tire to excess; to exhaust.
Overtire (v. t.) To become too tired. -- Br. Hall.
Overtire (v.) Tire excessively [syn: overtire, overweary, overfatigue].
Overtitle (v. t.) To give too high a title to.
Overtly (adv.) Publicly; openly.
Overtly (adv.) In an overt manner; "he did it overtly" [ant: covertly].
Overtoil (v. t.) To overwork.
Overtoil (v. t.) To weary excessively; to exhaust.
Then dozed a while herself, but overtoiled By that day's grief and travel. -- Tennyson.
Overtone (n.) (Mus.) One of the harmonics faintly heard with and above a tone as it dies away, produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting or column of air which yields the fundamental tone; one of the natural harmonic scale of tones, as the octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; an aliquot or "partial" tone; a harmonic. See Harmonic, and Tone. -- Tyndall.
Overtone (n.) (Usually plural) An ulterior implicit meaning or quality; "overtones of despair".
Overtone (n.) A harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency [syn: overtone, partial, partial tone].
Overtopped (imp. & p. p.) of Overtop.
Overtopping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overtop.
Overtop (v. t.) 高於；凌駕；超出 To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower above. "To o'ertop old Pelion." -- Shak.
Overtop (v. t.) To go beyond; to transcend; to transgress.
If kings presume to overtop the law by which they reign, . . . they are by law to be reduced into order. -- Milton.
Overtop (v. t.) To make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure. -- Becon.
Overtop (v.) Look down on; "The villa dominates the town" [syn: dominate, command, overlook, overtop].
Overtourism (n.) [U] 旅遊過度 The situation when too many people visit a place on holiday, so that the place is spoiled and life is made difficult for the people who live there.
// Venice and Barcelona are both victims of overtourism.
// Giant cruise ships are a contributing factor when it comes to overtourism.
Overtower (v. t.) To tower over or above.
Overtower (v. i.) To soar too high. [R.] -- Fuller.
Overtrade (v. i.) 過額貿易 To trade beyond one's capital; to buy goods beyond the means of paying for or seleng them; to overstock the market.
Overtrading (n.) The act or practice of buying goods beyond the means of payment; a glutting of the market.
Overtread (v. t.) To tread over or upon.
Overtrip (v. t.) To trip over nimbly.
Overtroubled (a.) Excessively troubled.
Overtrow (v. i.) To be too trustful or confident; to trust too much. [Obs.] -- Wyclif (1 Cor. iv. 4).
Overtrust (n.) Excessive confidence.
Overtrust (v. t. & i.) To trust too much. -- Bp. Hall.
Overture () 主動的表示，提議 [P1]；（歌劇的）前奏曲，序曲 [C]；開端，序幕 [C] An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber. [Obs.] -- Spenser. "The cave's inmost overture." -- Chapman.
Overture () Disclosure; discovery; revelation. [Obs.]
It was he That made the overture of thy treasons to us. -- Shak.
Overture () A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for consideration, acceptance, or rejection. "The great overture of the gospel." -- Barrow.
Overture () (Mus.) A composition, for a full orchestra, designed as an introduction to an oratorio, opera, or ballet, or as an independent piece; -- called in the latter case a concert overture.
Overture (v. t.) To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on some subject.
Overture (n.) Orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio.
Overture (n.) Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner" [syn: preliminary, overture, prelude].
Overture (n.) A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances" [syn: overture, advance, approach, feeler].
Overturned (imp. & p. p.) of Overturn.
Overturning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overturn.
Overturn (v. t.) To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.
Overturn (v. t.) To subvert; to destroy; to overthrow.
Overturn (v. t.) To overpower; to conquer. -- Milton.
Syn: To demolish; overthrow. See Demolish.
Overturn (n.) The act off overturning, or the state of being overturned or subverted; overthrow; as, an overturn of parties.
Overturn (n.) The act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed" [syn: upset, overturn, turnover].
Overturn (n.) An improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath" [syn: overturn, upset].
Overturn (v.) Turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over" [syn: overturn, turn over, tip over, tump over].
Overturn (v.) Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer" [syn: overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over].
Overturn (v.) Rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill" [syn: overrule, overturn, override, overthrow, reverse].
Overturn (v.) Cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class" [syn: overthrow, subvert, overturn, bring down].
Overturn (v.) Cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate].
Overturn (v.) Change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe" [syn: revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn].
Overturnable (a.) Capable of being, or liable to be, overturned or subverted.
Overturner (n.) One who overturns. -- South.
Overvail (v. t.) See Overveil.
Overvaluation (n.) Excessive valuation; overestimate.
Overvaluation (n.) An appraisal that is too high [syn: overestimate, overestimation, overvaluation, overappraisal].
Overvaluation (n.) Too high a value or price assigned to something.
Overvalued (imp. & p. p.) of Overvalue.
Overvaluing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overvalue.
Overvalue (v. t.) To value excessively; to rate at too high a price. "To overvalue human power." -- Holyday.
Overvalue (v. t.) To exceed in value. [R.] -- H. Brooke.
Overvalue (v.) Assign too high a value to; "You are overestimating the value of your old car" [syn: overvalue, overestimate] [ant: underestimate, undervalue].
Overveil (v. t.) To veil or cover. -- Shak.
Overview (n.) 【美】概觀；概要；綜述 An inspection or An inspection or overlooking. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Overview (n.) A brief summary of a topic, situation, or plan; an outline or survey [2].
Overview (n.) A general summary of a subject; "the treasurer gave a brief overview of the financial consequences."
Overvote (v. t.) To outvote; to outnumber in votes given. [R.] -- Eikon Basilike.
Overwalk (v. t.) To walk over or upon.
Overwar (v. t.) To defeat. [Obs.] -- Warner.
Overwary (a.) Too wary; too cautious.
Overwash (v. t.) To overflow. -- Holinshed.
Overwasted (a.) Wasted or worn out; consumed; spent [Obs.] -- Drayton.
Overwatch (v. t.) To watch too much.
Overwatch (v. t.) To weary or exhaust by watching. -- Dryden.
Overwax (v. i.) To wax or grow too rapindly or too much. [Obs.] -- R. of Gloucester.
Overweak (a.) Too weak; too feeble.
Overwear (v. t.) To wear too much; to wear out. -- Drayton.
Overwear (n.) Clothing worn over the ordinary indoor clothing, as overcoats, wraps, etc.
Overweary (v. t.) 使過度疲倦 To weary too much; to tire out. -- Dryden.
Overweary (a.) 過度疲倦的 Excessively weary; very tired; exhausted.
Overweary (v.) Tire excessively [syn: overtire, overweary, overfatigue].
Overweather (v. t.) To expose too long to the influence of the weather. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Overween (v. t.) To think too highly or arrogantly; to regard one's own thinking or conclusions too highly; hence, to egotistic, arrogant, or rash, in opinion; to think conceitedly; to presume.
They that overween, And at thy growing virtues fret their spleen. -- Milton.
Overweener (n.) One who overweens. [R.]
Overweening (a.) 驕傲的；自負的；過分的 Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited. -- O`ver*ween"ingly, adv. -- Milton. -- O`ver*ween"ing*ness, n.
The conceits of warmed or overweening brain. -- Locke.
Here's an overweening rogue. -- Shak.
Overweening (n.) Conceit; arrogance. -- Milton.
Overweening (a.) Unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed" [syn: excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening].
Overweening (a.) Presumptuously arrogant; "had a witty but overweening manner"; "no idea how overweening he would be" -- S.V.Benet; "getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down" -- NY Times [syn: overweening, uppity].
Overweening (a.) [ Before noun ] (Formal disapproving) 傲慢的；自負的；過於自信的 Being too proud or confident in yourself.
// Overweening pride/ arrogance/ vanity.
// She is driven by overweening ambition.
Overweeningly (adv.) 自大地；傲慢地 In an overweening way; arrogantly.
Overweigh (v. t.) 比……更重；重過；使負擔過重 To exceed in weight; to overbalance; to weigh down. -- Drayton. -- Hooker.
Overweight (a.) 超重的；過重的 [F] Overweighing; excessive. [Obs.] "Of no overweight worth." -- Fuller.
Overweight (a.) Having a weight in excess of what is normal, proper, or expected; as, the doctor recommends dieting to all his overweight patients; overweight luggage will incur an extra charge.
Overweight (n.) 超重；過重 [U] Weight over and above what is required by law or custom.
Overweight (n.) Superabundance of weight; preponderance.
Overweight (a.) Usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it [syn: fleshy, heavy, overweight].
Overweight (n.) The property of excessive fatness [syn: corpulence, overweight, stoutness, adiposis].
Overweight (n.) Weight over and above what is required or allowed.
Overweight (n.) Excessive or burdensome weight.
Overweight (v. t.) 使負擔過重，使受壓過重；過於著重，過於重視 To give too much weight or consideration to.
Overweight (v. t.) To weight excessively.
Overweight (a.) E xceeding expected, normal, or proper weight.
Especially : Exceeding the bodily weight normal for one's age, height, and build.
Overwell (v. t.) To overflow. -- R. D. Blackmore.
Overwet (n.) Excessive wetness. [Obs.]
Another ill accident is, overwet at sowing time. -- Bacon.
Overwhelm (n.) The act of overwhelming. [R.]
Overwhelmed (imp. & p. p.) of Overwhelm.
Overwhelming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overwhelm.
Overwhelm (v. t.) 戰勝；征服；壓倒；覆蓋；淹沒；使受不了；使不知所措 [H] [（+by/ with）] To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpoweringly.
The sea overwhelmed their enemies. -- Ps. lxxviii. 53.
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. -- Ps. lv. 5.
Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them. -- Shak.
Gaza yet stands; but all her sons are fallen, All in a moment overwhelmed and fallen. -- Milton.
Overwhelm (v. t.) To project or impend over threateningly.
His louering brows o'erwhelming his fair sight. -- Shak.
Overwhelm (v. t.) To cause to surround, to cover. -- Papin.
Overwhelm (v.) Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli [syn: overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake].
Overwhelm (v.) Charge someone with too many tasks [syn: overwhelm, deluge, flood out].
Overwhelm (v.) Cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech" [syn: submerge, drown, overwhelm].
Overwhelm (v.) Overcome by superior force [syn: overpower, overmaster, overwhelm].
Overwhelming (a.) 壓倒的；勢不可擋的；overwhelm 的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 Overpowering; irresistible. -- O`ver*whelm"ing*ly, adv.
Overwhelming (a.) So strong as to be irresistible; "an overpowering need for solitude"; "the temptation to despair may become overwhelming"; "an overwhelming majority" [syn: overpowering, overwhelming].
Overwhelming (a.) Very intense; "politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy" [syn: consuming, overwhelming].
Overwhelmingly (adv.) 壓倒性地，不可抵抗地Incapable of being resisted; "the candy looked overwhelmingly desirable to the dieting man" [syn: overwhelmingly, overpoweringly, irresistibly].
Overwind (v. t.) 捲太緊 To wind too tightly, as a spring, or too far, as a hoisting rope on a drum.
Overwing (v. t.) To outflank. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Overwise (a.) 聰明過分的 Too wise; affectedly wise. -- O`ver*wise"ly, adv. -- O`ver*wise"ness, n.
Overwit (v. t.) To outwit. -- Swift.
Overword (v. t.) To say in too many words; to express verbosely. -- Hales.
Overworked (imp. & p. p.) of Overwork.
Overwrought (imp. & p. p.) of Overwork.
Overworking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overwork.
Overwork (v. t.) 使工作過度，使過分勞累；過度使用；把……做過頭；使過於激動；使過於興奮；裝飾……的表面 To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse.
Overwork (v. t.) To fill too full of work; to crowd with labor.
My days with toil are overwrought. -- Longfellow.
Overwork (v. t.) To decorate all over.
Overwork (v. i.) 工作過度 To work too much, or beyond one's strength.
Overwork (n.) Work in excess of the usual or stipulated time or quantity; extra work; also, excessive labor.
Overwork (n.) The act of working too much or too long; "he became ill from overwork" [syn: overwork, overworking].
Overwork (v.) Use too much; "This play has been overworked".
Overwork (v.) Work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students" [syn: overwork, exploit].
Overwork (n.) A dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.
Overworn (v. t.) Worn out or subdued by toil; worn out so as to be trite.
Overwrest (v. t.) To wrest or force from the natural or proper position. -- Shak.
Overwrestle (v. t.) To subdue by wrestling. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Overwrought (p. p. & a.) 過於緊張的；過於疲憊的；過度激動的，過度興奮的；（文體等）過於考究的；矯揉造作的 Wrought upon excessively; overworked.
Overwrought (p. p. & a.) Extremely agitated or excited; overexcited; -- of people.
Overwrought (a.) Deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with grief" [syn: distraught, overwrought].
Overwrought (a.) Very excited or upset.
Overwrought (a.) Extremely excited : Agitated.
Overwrought (a.) Elaborated to excess : Overdone.
Overwrought (a.) In a state of nervous excitement or anxiety.
‘She was too overwrought to listen to reason.’
Overwrought (a.) (Of a piece of writing or a work of art) Too elaborate or complicated in design or construction.
‘A pseudo-Gothic church far too overwrought for such a small town.’
Overzeal (n.) 過度的熱心 Excess of zeal. -- Fairfax.
Overzealous (a.) 過度熱心的 Too zealous.
Overzealous (a.) Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist" [syn: fanatic, fanatical, overzealous, rabid].
Ovicapsule (n.) (Anat.) The outer layer of a Graafian follicle.
Ovicapsule (n.) (Zool.) Same as Ootheca.
Ovicell (n.) (Zool.) One of the dilatations of the body wall of Bryozoa in which the ova sometimes undegro the first stages of their development. See Illust. of Chilostoma.
Ovicular (a.) (Biol.) Of or pertaining to an egg.
Ovicyst (n.) (Zool.) The pouch in which incubation takes place in some Tunicata.
Ovidian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Latin poet Ovid; resembling the style of Ovid.
Oviducal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to oviducts; as, oviducal glands.
Oviduct (n.) (Anat.) 輸卵管 A tube, or duct, for the passage of ova from the ovary to the exterior of the animal or to the part where further development takes place. In mammals the oviducts are also called Fallopian tubes.
Oviduct (n.) Either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus [syn: Fallopian tube, uterine tube, oviduct].