Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To be higher than; to rise over the top of.

  2. (transitive)To place too many toppings on.

    to overtop a pizza

More definitions
  • look down on

Examples

1 sentences

  1. “Howdy-do!” said I aloud to the fattest and reddest carnation that overtopped all the rest.

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Forms

overtops, overtopping, overtopped, overtopped
Base formovertop · to overtop
3rd person singularovertops
Present participleovertopping
Past simpleovertopped
Past participleovertopped

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyovertop
he, she, itovertops

Past simpleLesson

all personsovertopped

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overtop

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overtimeB2overtlyovertrainoverture
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