over

noun

(cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.

Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.

(informal) Something having an excess of a particular property.

(gambling) A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such a points scored in a game, will be above a certain stated value.

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3770).

A suburban area in Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6366).

A hamlet in Almondsbury parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST5882)

A hamlet near Gloucester in Highnam parish, Tewkesbury district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8119).

A village in Seevetal, Lower Saxony, Germany.

(rare, dialectal or obsolete) A shore, riverbank.

verb

(UK, transitive, dialect, obsolete) To go over, or jump over.

(UK, intransitive, dialect, obsolete) To run about.

adjective

Finished; ended; concluded.

(botany) Of a flower: wilting or withering.

(informal, of an ongoing situation) Hopeless; irrecoverable.

(informal) Visiting one's home or other location.

Having surmounted an obstacle.

(informal) Having an excess in a particular respect.

Surplus to requirements.

(professional wrestling slang) Of a wrestler: generating a reaction from fans.

adverb

Describing a physical change of position or state.

From one position or location to another, horizontally or approximately so, or along a route visualised as "across".

Across from one side of something to the other.

So as to pass above.

Up one side of something, across, and then down the other side.

Across something, such as an edge, and then downwards.

From an upright position to a horizontal one.

So as to fold towards or onto itself.

On top of something, or so as to cover something.

So as to reverse up/down orientation, or otherwise change orientation by rotating.

So as to reverse or exchange position(s).

Expressing figurative movement from one position or state across to another.

Indicating a direction or location away from the speaker, usually roughly horizontally or visualised as such.

Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.

(often in compounds) To a high or excessive degree; overly; see also over-.

Beyond or in excess of what is correct or expected.

To a future time.

Overnight (throughout the night).

Indicating repetition.

(US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.

Used for rhetorical effect to reinforce that something was done the stated number of times.

See also individual entries for phrasal verbs: go over, hand over, run over, take over, win over, etc.

Synonyms for over

acrossadv endedadj aroundadv pastadj upv aboven beyondadv downadv throughadj upwardsadv offv onto concludedadj for throughoutadv awayadv onadj upon during agoadv

Words related to over

wharve aboutadj nearlyadv oversideadv with agoneadj spanningv almostadv overtopv atopadv alongadv alloveradj topfull adown towards outn spannedv afteradj betweenadv endlong

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