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overhang
overhang
n : projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else
v 1: project over
2: be suspended over or hang over; "This huge rock beetles over
the edge of the town" [syn: {beetle}]
[also: {overhung}]


overgorge
overgorge
v : overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She
stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on
icecream" [syn: {gorge}, {ingurgitate}, {overindulge}, {glut},
{englut}, {stuff}, {engorge}, {overeat}, {gormandize}, {gormandise},
{gourmandize}, {binge}, {pig out}, {satiate}, {scarf out}]


overhand
overhand
adj 1: with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder
level; "an overhand pitch"; "an overhand stroke" [syn:
{overhanded}, {overarm}] [ant: {underhand}]
2: sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical
stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together)
[syn: {oversewn}]


overhanded
overhanded
adj : with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder
level; "an overhand pitch"; "an overhand stroke" [syn:
{overhand}, {overarm}] [ant: {underhand}]


overhung
overhang
n : projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else
v 1: project over
2: be suspended over or hang over; "This huge rock beetles over
the edge of the town" [syn: {beetle}]
[also: {overhung}]

overhung
See {overhang}


overland
overland
adj : traveling or passing over land; "an overland journey"; "the
overland route used by Marco Polo"


overlarge
overlarge
adj : excessively large [syn: {too large}]


overmanned
overmanned
See {overman}


overmantel
overmantel
n : a shelf over a mantelpiece


overran
overrun
adj : (often followed by `with' or used in combination) troubled
by or encroached upon in large numbers; "waters
infested with sharks"; "shark-infested waters"; "the
locust-overrun countryside"; "drug-plagued streets"
[syn: {infested}, {plagued}]
n : too much production or more than expected [syn: {overproduction}]
v 1: invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen"
[syn: {infest}]
2: 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}, {infest}]
3: flow or run over (a limit or brim) [syn: {overflow}, {well
over}, {run over}, {brim over}]
4: seize the position of and defeat; "the Crusaders overran
much of the Holy Land"
5: run beyond or past; "The plane overran the runway"
[also: {overrunning}, {overran}]

overran
See {overrun}

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