单词 | overdrop |
释义 | overdropv. Now rare. transitive. To drop rainwater, etc., on; to overhang, overshadow; to spill (a liquid) over the edge of. Cf. overdrip v. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > overhanging > overhang [verb (transitive)] overhangOE overdight1581 overdrip1587 overwhelm1593 overdrop1608 juttya1616 overbrow1718 overlean1827 overplume1854 overlop1893 oversail1912 1608 J. Dod & R. Cleaver Plaine Expos. Prov. xi–xii. 135 Their toppes aloft, and braunches broad, and thereby ouerdroppe all that is under them. 1677 J. Lake & S. Drake in J. Cleveland Clievelandi Vindiciæ Ep. Ded. sig. A iv How enviously our late Mushrom-wits look up at him because he overdroppeth them. 1799 W. Nicol Pract. Planter 148 Does not every tree, who lords it over his neighbour, not only over-drop him, exclude him from sun and air, but also cut off his food? a1916 J. W. Riley Guiney-pigs in Compl. Wks. (1916) V. 1412 Tiltin' down the clover-tops Till they spill, an' overdrops The sweet morning dew. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1608 |
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