Heat-resistant dishware in which food can be cooked as well as served.
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A certain number of balls (usually four) delivered successively from behind one wicket, after which the ball is bowled from behind the other wicket as many times, the fielders changing places.
Excessively; too much or too greatly; -- chiefly used in composition; as, overwork, overhasty, overeager, overanxious, overreact, overcook.
Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. See Overhard.
Too busy; officious.
To embellish excessively; to render too ornate or complicated.
marked by elaborate rhetoric and many figures of speech.
to emphasize excessively; to place excessive emphasis on.
An outer garment.
The clearstory, or upper story, of a building.
able to be sold legally without a doctor's prescription; -- of medicinal drugs. Contrasted with prescription.
Grossly excessive; outlandish; well beyond normal; as, over-the-top action films.
To be exceedingly plenty or superabundant.
present in excess.
A student who attains higher standards than expected based on the IQ score.
To act more than is necessary; to go to excess in action.
Performance to excess; exaggerated or excessive action.
To affect or care for unduly.
too old to be useful.
To agitate or discuss beyond what is expedient.
Everywhere.
A kind of loose trousers worn over others to protect them from soiling.
The state of being overanxious; excessive anxiety.
Anxious in an excessive or needless degree.
an appraisal that is too high.
To make or place an arch over; to hang over like an arch.
Forming an arch (over something).
To awe exceedingly; to intimidate or subjugate or restrain by awe or great fear.
Awful, or reverential, in an excessive degree.
Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent; as, an overbalance of exports.
Excessively barren.
Excessively fertile; bearing rank or noxious growths.
To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific.
Overpowering; subduing; repressing.
To bend over.
To bid or offer beyond, or in excess of.
To outlive.
To blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind.
Having been given more publicity than warranted; having had ascribed more importance than was justified; as, an overblown medical discovery.
Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into the water; as, to fall overboard.
To boil over or unduly.
Excessively or presumptuously bold; impudent.
Excessively bookish.
Bounteous to excess.
To bend or bow over; to bend in a contrary direction.
To breed to excess; as, the bulls were so huge and overbred no matador wanted to fight them.
To flow over the brim; to be so full as to overflow.
To hang over like a brow; to impend over.
To build over.
Having too many buildings; as, an overbuilt part of a town.
To oppress by bulk; to overtower.
The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.
Too burdensome.
To burn too much; to be overzealous.
To buy too much.
To cover as with a canopy.
Too capable.
Excessive care.
Too careful.
Too anxious; too full of care.
To carry too far; to carry beyond the proper point.
To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken.
Completely or almost completely covered over with clouds; -- of the sky.
To overtake.
Too cautious; cautious or prudent to excess.
Too much or too frequent change; fickleness.
To make excessive charges.
To climb over.
clothing for use outdoors.
To cover or overspread with clouds; to becloud; to overcast.
To fill beyond satiety.
A coat worn over the other clothing; a greatcoat; a topcoat.
Cold to excess.
To color too highly.
To gain the superiority; to be victorious.
One who overcomes.
Conquering; subduing.
to make excessive corrections for fear of making an error.
Excessive confidence; too great reliance or trust.
Confident to excess.
To cook too long.
Too costly.
A count{1} that is higher than the true number; an erroneously high number determined by counting incorrectly; the result of overcounting{2}.
To cover up.
Too credulous.
to exhaust (arable land) by excessive cultivation.
a bridge designed for pedestrians.
To crow, exult, or boast, over; to overpower.
To crowd too much.
Exceedingly or excessively cunning.
Too curious.
To dare too much or rashly; to be too daring.
To date later than the true or proper period; to postdate.
The excess.
Too delicate.
Delighted beyond measure.
To develop excessively; to subject (a plate or film) too long to the developing process.
Covered over.
To labor too hard; to do too much.
One who overdoes.
Cooked too long; overcooked.
Too great a dose; an excessive dose.
The act of overdrawing; a draft in excess of the credit balance; also, the amount or sum overdrawn.
to present in an overly dramatic manner.
To exaggerate; to overdo.
To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much; to dress too formally for an informal occasion.
To drink to excess.
To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength.
A gearing device which causes the drive shaft of an automobile or other machine to rotate at a speed greater than that of the engine crankshaft.
To wet or drench to excess.
To dry too much.
Due and more than due; delayed beyond the proper time of arrival, payment, return, etc.; as, an overdue vessel; an overdue note; a book overdue at the library; an overdue payment.
To dye with excess of color; to put one color over (another).
Too eager; too impatient.
Too earnest.
To gnaw all over, or on all sides.
Too elegant.
To make too empty; to exhaust.
Excessive enthusiasm.
unduly enthusiastic.
In an excessively enthusiastic manner.
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