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Overbold

Excessively or presumptuously bold; impudent.

Overbow

To bend or bow over; to bend in a contrary direction.

Overbreed

To breed to excess; as, the bulls were so huge and overbred no matador wanted to fight them.

Overbrim

To flow over the brim; to be so full as to overflow.

Overbrow

To hang over like a brow; to impend over.

Overbuilt

Having too many buildings; as, an overbuilt part of a town.

Overbulk

To oppress by bulk; to overtower.

Overburden

The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.

Overburn

To burn too much; to be overzealous.

Overcarry

To carry too far; to carry beyond the proper point.

Overcast

To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken.

overcast

Completely or almost completely covered over with clouds; -- of the sky.

Overchange

Too much or too frequent change; fickleness.

Overcloud

To cover or overspread with clouds; to becloud; to overcast.

overcoat

A coat worn over the other clothing; a greatcoat; a topcoat.

Overcome

To gain the superiority; to be victorious.

overcompensate

to make excessive corrections for fear of making an error.

overcount

A count{1} that is higher than the true number; an erroneously high number determined by counting incorrectly; the result of overcounting{2}.

overcrop

to exhaust (arable land) by excessive cultivation.

overcrow

To crow, exult, or boast, over; to overpower.

Overdare

To dare too much or rashly; to be too daring.

Overdate

To date later than the true or proper period; to postdate.

Overdevelop

To develop excessively; to subject (a plate or film) too long to the developing process.

Overdo

To labor too hard; to do too much.

Overdose

Too great a dose; an excessive dose.

Overdraft

The act of overdrawing; a draft in excess of the credit balance; also, the amount or sum overdrawn.

overdress

To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much; to dress too formally for an informal occasion.

Overdrive

To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength.

overdrive

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.

overdue

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.

Overdye

To dye with excess of color; to put one color over (another).

Overeat

To gnaw all over, or on all sides.

Overestimate

An estimate that is too high; as, an overestimate of the vote.

Overexertion

Excessive exertion; as, he strained his back from overexertion.

Overexpose

To expose excessively; to subject (a plate or film) too long to the light used in producing a picture.

Overeye

To superintend; to oversee; to inspect.

overfamiliar

Taking undue liberties; assuming an unwarranted tone of familiarity.

overfill

To fill to excess; to surcharge.

Overflow

A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation.

Overflowing

An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness.

Overfly

To cross or pass over by flight.

Overfree

Free to excess; too liberal; too familiar.

Overfreight

To put too much freight in or upon; to load too full, or too heavily; to overload.

Overfrieze

To cover with a frieze, or as with a frieze.

Overfront

To confront; to oppose; to withstand.

Overfull

Too full; filled to overflowing; excessively full; surfeited.

Overfullness

The state of being excessively or abnormally full, so as to cause overflow, distention, or congestion; excess of fullness; surfeit.

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