Synonyms for overs
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : oh-ver |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ vər |
Top 10 synonyms for overs Other synonyms for the word overs
- advance
- ahead
- aim
- arch
- aspire to
- be envious
- be smitten
- be turned on by
- bend
- best
- better
- bow
- bulge
- cap
- choose
- clear
- cotton to
- crest
- crown
- curve
- cutting edge
- defeat
- desiderate
- desire
- die over
- direction
- down
- eat one's heart out
- example
- exceed
- facade
- fall for
- fancy
- front rank
- give eyeteeth for
- go for
- grudge
- guidance
- hanker
- hanker after
- have eyes for
- have hard feelings
- have the hots for
- head
- heavy
- hop
- hunger
- hunger for
- hurdle
- jump across
- leadership
- leap
- leap over
- lick
- like
- long
- lop
- lust
- lust after
- make advances to
- margin
- master
- model
- mount
- negotiate
- object to
- outdo
- outstrip
- over
- overcome
- overleap
- overpower
- overtop
- partial to
- pass
- pilot
- pine
- point
- precedence
- prevail over
- primacy
- principal
- priority
- protagonist
- resent
- rise
- rise above
- saltate
- scale
- set heart on
- soar
- spark
- spoil for
- spring
- star
- start
- subdue
- surmount
- surpass
- sweet on
- take a liking to
- take a shine to
- take to
- thirst
- throw
- title role
- top
- top spot
- turn green
- vanguard
- vanquish
- vault
- want
- wish for
- yearn
- yearn for
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
- 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
Antonyms for overs
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