Synonyms for overs

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : oh-ver

Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ vər

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Définition of overs

Origin : Old English ofer "beyond, above, upon, in, across, past; on high," from Proto-Germanic *uberi (cf. Old Saxon obar, Old Frisian over, Old Norse yfir, Old High German ubar, German über, Gothic ufar "over, above"), from PIE *uper (see super-). As an adjective from Old English uffera. As an adverb from late Old English. Sense of "finished" is attested from late 14c. Meaning "recovered from" is from 1929. In radio communication, used to indicate the speaker has finished speaking (1926). Adjective phrase over-the-counter is attested from 1875, originally of stocks and shares.

As in lead : noun first place, supremacy
As in surmount : verb overcome, triumph over
As in vault : verb jump over; span
As in desire : verb want, long for
As in envy : verb be jealous of another
As in hurdle : verb jump over an obstacle

Example sentences :

The overs and unders of the lines are then marked, and gouges selected to fit.
Extract from : « Bookbinding, and the Care of Books » by Douglas Cockerell

The scoring-board showed an increase of twenty as the result of three overs.
Extract from : « Mike » by P. G. Wodehouse

The Overs, no doubt, got well chaffed about it; and the smaller boys must have played a very good game to win so easily.
Extract from : « The Story of the "Britannia" » by E. P. Statham

It took them some time to get our range, and for a considerable time we were not hit, all the shells being shorts or overs.
Extract from : « The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" » by George Davidson

Happy Valley received many of the "overs" intended for Russell's Top and also much spent shrapnel.
Extract from : « The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I » by Herbert Brayley Collett

The Hun shells were falling so straight that many of the ‘overs’ missed by only a few yards.
Extract from : « Sea-Hounds » by Lewis R. Freeman

Overs, the odd money remaining after the daily accounts are made up at a banking-house,—usually divided amongst the clerks.
Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten

The last balls of the next two overs provided repetitions of this performance.
Extract from : « Mike » by P. G. Wodehouse

It is enough to say that they ran on much the same lines as the third and fourth overs of the match.
Extract from : « Mike » by P. G. Wodehouse

When we had gone another mile a spattering of "overs" began to fall around like the first heavy drops of a thunderstorm.
Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton

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