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powerful, etc. j£HjH>M§SW;
f7l>MAW 2 (of a plan, task, etc. if MiE
##) unsuccessful or likely to be unsuccessful because of needing too much
effort, money or time MmrftAMAW, MMi^W ( 0M7iA ) : Her plans were
overambitious.
overarching /.auvar'aitjiri; NAmE .ouvar'airtjir)/ adj. [usually before noun] (formal) very important,
because it includes or influences many things # Jr W W; 11 1?
M;
overarm /'auvarcum; NAmE 'ouvarairm/ (especially BrE) (also overhand especially in NAmE) adv. if you throw a ball
overarm, you throw it with your arm swung backwards and then lifted high above
your shoulder ± ft ft ( &$ft^7Mlft ) ► over-arm (especially BrE) (also overhand especially in NAmE) adj. ■. an overarm throw ±¥-ft$c — compare underarm overate pt of overeat
overawe /.auvar'a:; NAmE ,ou-/ verb [VN] [usually passive] to impress sb so much
that they feel nervous or frightened ► over-awed adj.
overbalance /.auva'baelans; NAmE .ouvar'b-/ verb {especially BrE) to lose your balance
and fall; to make sb/sth lose their balance and fall ( # ) ft £7 $7 W fSJ: [V] He overbalanced and
fell into the water, #,ft£ 7fl,
i&AAfto [also VN]
overbearing /.auva'bearirj; NAmE .ouvar'ber-/ adj. (idisapproving)
trying
to control other people in an unpleasant way £ HI W; 1i %}$.&$) 0E2H domineering: an overbearing manner overbite /'auvabait; NAmE 'ouvarb-/ noun {technical A iff) a
condition in which a person or animal’s upper jaw
is too far forward in relation to their lower jaw
overblown /.auva'blaun; NAmE .ouvar'bloun/ adj. 1 that is made to seem
larger, more impressive or more important than it really is MftW; ft®W;
JiiftMJM H3ZJ exaggerated 2
(of
flowers /£ fk) past the best, most beautiful stage B M W
overboard /'auvabord; NAmE 'ouvarboird/ adv. over the side of a
boat or a ship into the water A, IS ±.$17: to fall/jump overboard fk ± jg A / M A tK ft o Huge waves washed him
overboard. El
v'UffMlfei'+T ¥ ft0 go ‘overboard {informal) to be too excited or
enthusiastic about sth or about
doing sth ; M
ft %: Don’t go overboard on
fitness. ^% It If Is 3\ • Mft’throw sb/sth
‘overboard to get rid of sb/sth that you think is useless
over-book /,auva‘buk; NAmE .ouvar’buk/ verb to sell more tickets
on a plane or reserve more rooms in a hotel than there are places available
) : [VN] The flight was heavily
overbooked.
[also V] —
compare
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overbridge /‘auvabrid3; NAmE ‘ouvarb-/ noun a bridge over a
railway/railroad or road ftffr; over-bur-den /,auva‘b3:dn; NAmE ,ouvar’b3:rdn/ verb [VN] [usually passive] ~ sb/sth (with sth)
to give sb/sth more work, worry, etc. than they can deal with MS
overcame pt of overcome
over-cap-acity/.auvaka'paesati; NAmE, ouvarka-/ noun [U, sing.] {business j^) the situation in which an
industry or a factory cannot sell as much as it is designed to produce
over-cast /.auva'kaist; NAmE .ouvar'kaest/ adj. covered with clouds;
dull Pf}AW; PflBiW: an overcast
sky/day PB W A $ / A 0 Today it will be dull
and overcast.
overcau tious /.auva'koijas;
NAmE .ouvar'k-/ adj. too careful M7iMW; Mft7&W overcharge /,auva'tj*a:d3; NAmE 1ouvar'tJ,a:rd3/ verb ~ (sb) (for sth) to make sb pay too much for sth ^ ft ( SAW ) [VN] Make sure they don’t
overcharge you for the drinks. #ij it fM] ^ ft $4 Ho 0 We were
overcharged by £5. ftfilihAS^ft
T 5 [also V]
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over-coat /'auvakaut; NAmE 'ouvarkout/ noun a long warm coat worn in cold
weather ft A —: picture o page R20
over-come 0-w /.auva'kAm; NAmE .ouvar'kAm/ verb (over-came /-'keim/, over-come) [VN]
1 to succeed
in dealing with or controlling a problem that has been preventing you from
achieving sth A H; M'<k : She
overcame injury to win the Olympic gold medal. Viffi, M7 0 The
two
parties managed to overcome
their differences on the issue. 2 to
defeat sb
ift It : In
the final game
3 [usually passive] to be extremely strongly affected by sth ••• WMftf£Pfa
ETin overwhelm: Her parents were
overcome with grief at the funeral. ft#7L±ftfe W5Z 0
The
dead woman had been overcome by
smoke.
over-com-pen-sate /.auva'knmpenseit; NAmE .ouvar- 'ka:m-/ verb [V] ~ (for sth) (by doing sth)
to do too
much when trying to correct a problem and so cause a different problem MM# '(
ft^77««Mft ) ;
flE M IE : She overcompensated
for her shyness by talking too much and laughing too loud. 7SM § B
wm mmx%,
over confident /.auva'knnfidant; NAmE .ouvar'kain-/ adj. too confident M;7 g
fit W; S Ik W over-cook /..auva'kuk; NAmE .ouvar'kuk/ verb [VN] to cook food for
too long if #Mft
over-crit ical /.auva'kritikl; NAmE .ouvar'k-/ adj. too critical MftMW;
over-crowd-ed/.auva'kraudid; NAmE .ouvar'k-/ adj. (of a place ife/T) with too many
people or things in it M 7 overcrowded cities/prisons WMA
/
M o Too many poor people
are living in overcrowded conditions. £A£WH&ftM£7ft#i]#FWS#To over-crowd-ing/.auva'kraudn]; NAmE .ouvar'k-/ noun [U] the situation when there are too
many people or things
in one
place MM #7
over-de-veloped /.auvadi'velapt; NAmE .ouvard-/ adj. that has
grown too large ft WMS; MftftM: overdeveloped muscles M7£MW1U10 o an overdeveloped sense
of humour Mft ► over-de-velop verb [VN]
over-do /.auva'du:; NAmE .ouvar'du:/ verb (over-does /-'dAz/, over-did /-'did/, over-done /-'dAn/) [VN] 1 to do sth too
much; to exaggerate sth ifelfMA;
ft : She really overdid the
sympathy {= and
so did not seem sincere). % J! |r] 'If % M ‘X 7 „ 2 to use too
much of
sth : Don’t overdo the salt
in
the food. 0 Use illustrations where
appropriate but don’t overdo it. , ffi
7SM^o 3
[usually passive] to cook sth for too long ^ )
ftlhlMk: The
fish was overdone and very dry. M ^ W ft la] A
, IP 7 W-
7 „ Iffl over'do it/things to work, study, etc. too hard or
for too long ( 7fE, ^ 53 ) Mft^A: He’s been overdoing
things
recently. #,fti5M7l?A7o
of overdid
it in the gym and hurt my back. tftMJliiaAT,
7fo (
overdose /'auvadaus; NAmE 'ouvardous/ noun, verb mnoun too much of a drug taken at one
time ( — 7ft/f] M ) MM: a drug/drugs overdose JIMA 0 She took a massive
overdose of sleeping pills. MUM 7 MMW
mm,
m verb (also informal OD) [V] ~ (on sth) to take too much of a drug at one
time, so that it is dangerous —
M: He had overdosed on
heroin. ftfeMitlll 7 'M iks @ 0 0 (figurative) I had
overdosed on sun. ft B® A PB W ft |b] M
-fct.
overdraft /'auvadraift; NAmE 'ouvardraeft/ noun the amount of money that you owe
to a bank when you have spent more money than is in your bank account; an
arrangement that allows you to do this AIK; Aft ft: to run up/pay off an
overdraft
ft ft i§ A; ft
mmA'