Meaning

2 senses
  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To go over, or jump over.

    He overed the fence in good style.

  2. (UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete)To run about.

    The cattle have been overing all day because of the flies.

Examples

12258 sentences
  1. A strange feeling came over me.

    Мною опанувало дивне відчуття. — aandrusiak

    ruМеня охватило странное чувство. — bijin

    deEin eigenartiges Gefühl übermannte mich. — kroko

  2. Could you move over a little?

    Чи не могли би ви трохи посунутися? — deniko

    ruВы бы не могли немного подвинуться? — Hellerick

  3. The news spread all over Japan.

    Новина поширилася на всю Японію. — deniko

    ruНовость распространилась по всей Японии. — odexed

    deDie Nachricht verbreitete sich über ganz Japan. — Yorwba

  4. The dog jumped over a chair.

    Собака перестрибнув через стілець. — deniko

    deDer Hund sprang über einen Stuhl. — bonny37

  5. Could you come over right now?

    Ти не міг би прийти просто зараз? — deniko

    ruТы не мог бы зайти прямо сейчас? — marafon

Origin

From Middle English over, from Old English ofer, ofor, ouer, from Proto-West Germanic *oba

From Middle English over, from Old English ofer, ofor, ouer, from Proto-West Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”), from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“above; over”).

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Forms

overs, overing, overed, overed
Base formover · to over
3rd person singularovers
Present participleovering
Past simpleovered
Past participleovered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyover
he, she, itovers

Past simpleLesson

all personsovered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overed
he, she, ithas overed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill over

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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