overclosev.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈkləʊz/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈkloʊz/

Forms: see over- prefix and close v.; also Scottish pre-1700 owerclositet (past participle, perhaps transmission error).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, close v.

Etymology: < over- prefix + close v. Compare to close over (see close v. 2).

†1. transitive. To cover over; to shut in so as to hide; to cover up. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, conceal [verb (transitive)]

heeleOE

forhelec888

i-hedec888

dernc893

hidec897

wryOE

behelec1000

behidec1000

bewryc1000

forhidec1000

overheleOE

hilla1250

fealc1325

cover1340

forcover1382

blinda1400

hulsterc1400

overclosec1400

concealc1425

shroud1426

blend1430

close1430

shadow1436

obumber?1440

mufflea1450

alaynec1450

mew?c1450

purloin1461

to keep close?1471

oversilec1478

bewrap1481

supprime1490

occulta1500

silec1500

smoor1513

shadec1530

skleir1532

oppressa1538

hudder-mudder1544

pretex1548

lap?c1550

absconce1570

to steek away1575

couch1577

recondite1578

huddle1581

mew1581

enshrine1582

enshroud1582

mask1582

veil1582

abscondc1586

smotherc1592

blot1593

sheathe1594

immask1595

secret1595

bemist1598

palliate1598

hoodwinka1600

overmaska1600

hugger1600

obscure1600

upwrap1600

undisclose1601

disguise1605

screen1611

underfold1612

huke1613

eclipsea1616

encavea1616

ensconcea1616

obscurify1622

cloud1623

inmewa1625

beclouda1631

pretext1634

covert1647

sconce1652

tapisa1660

shun1661

sneak1701

overlay1719

secrete1741

blank1764

submerge1796

slur1813

wrap1817

buttress1820

stifle1820

disidentify1845

to stick away1900

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > cover and conceal

overwryeOE

hidec1374

forcover1382

veilc1384

overclosec1400

shroud1426

wimple1532

smotherc1592

encurtain1596

over-curtain1621

coverclea1631

bury1737

stifle1820

visor1872

becurtain1878

c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xxi. 140 Þe cause of þis eclipse þat ouer-closeþ [v.r. ouercloþeth] now þe sonne.

c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 70 (MED) Make a pipe of latin, þat þe neþer ende be wyde, þat hit may ouerclose þe seedys and þe poudre.

c1460 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 782 The nyght doth folwe, appallith al his cheere, Whan westerne wawes his streemys ouercloose.

1612 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1870) II. 366 Twa lang laich hoyes, flattbottomit, close owerclositet and ticht for preserving the guids fra rayne.

2. transitive. To close beyond a certain limit, angle, or alignment. Cf overclosure n. Also intransitive. rare.

ΚΠ

1980 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 21 Nov. A self-closing hinge for a box lid. Position the lid and adjacent strip to which it will be hinged, so the lid is overclosed by about 15 deg.

1994 Sunday Mail (Nexis) 26 July 31 If you lack your back teeth your jaw can ‘overclose’, putting strain on the muscles from the temple to the lower jaw—hence the headaches.

3. transitive. Astronomy. Of cosmological models and physical theories, or assumptions affecting them: to cause (the modelled universe) to have a greater mass than is estimated to be contained in it in reality or that can be reconciled with its observed expansion. Cf. closed adj.

ΚΠ

1990 Physical Rev. D. 41 2388 Above this mass the freeze-out abundance of these particles would overclose the Universe.

1996 Physics Lett. 370 52 By requiring that LSP should not overclose the universe, we obtain a stringent constraint on the reheating temperature after the decay of the Polonyi field.

1998 Science (Nexis) 29 May 1398 Because stable neutrinos with such large masses would certainly ‘overclose the universe’ (that is, prevent it from attaining its present age), cosmology implies a much lower upper limit on these neutrino masses.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overclose
释义	overclosev. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈkləʊz/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈkloʊz/ Forms: see over- prefix and close v.; also Scottish pre-1700 owerclositet (past participle, perhaps transmission error). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, close v. Etymology: < over- prefix + close v. Compare to close over (see close v. 2). †1. transitive. To cover over; to shut in so as to hide; to cover up. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, conceal [verb (transitive)] heeleOE forhelec888 i-hedec888 dernc893 hidec897 wryOE behelec1000 behidec1000 bewryc1000 forhidec1000 overheleOE hilla1250 fealc1325 cover1340 forcover1382 blinda1400 hulsterc1400 overclosec1400 concealc1425 shroud1426 blend1430 close1430 shadow1436 obumber?1440 mufflea1450 alaynec1450 mew?c1450 purloin1461 to keep close?1471 oversilec1478 bewrap1481 supprime1490 occulta1500 silec1500 smoor1513 shadec1530 skleir1532 oppressa1538 hudder-mudder1544 pretex1548 lap?c1550 absconce1570 to steek away1575 couch1577 recondite1578 huddle1581 mew1581 enshrine1582 enshroud1582 mask1582 veil1582 abscondc1586 smotherc1592 blot1593 sheathe1594 immask1595 secret1595 bemist1598 palliate1598 hoodwinka1600 overmaska1600 hugger1600 obscure1600 upwrap1600 undisclose1601 disguise1605 screen1611 underfold1612 huke1613 eclipsea1616 encavea1616 ensconcea1616 obscurify1622 cloud1623 inmewa1625 beclouda1631 pretext1634 covert1647 sconce1652 tapisa1660 shun1661 sneak1701 overlay1719 secrete1741 blank1764 submerge1796 slur1813 wrap1817 buttress1820 stifle1820 disidentify1845 to stick away1900 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > cover and conceal overwryeOE hidec1374 forcover1382 veilc1384 overclosec1400 shroud1426 wimple1532 smotherc1592 encurtain1596 over-curtain1621 coverclea1631 bury1737 stifle1820 visor1872 becurtain1878 c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xxi. 140 Þe cause of þis eclipse þat ouer-closeþ [v.r. ouercloþeth] now þe sonne. c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 70 (MED) Make a pipe of latin, þat þe neþer ende be wyde, þat hit may ouerclose þe seedys and þe poudre. c1460 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 782 The nyght doth folwe, appallith al his cheere, Whan westerne wawes his streemys ouercloose. 1612 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1870) II. 366 Twa lang laich hoyes, flattbottomit, close owerclositet and ticht for preserving the guids fra rayne. 2. transitive. To close beyond a certain limit, angle, or alignment. Cf overclosure n. Also intransitive. rare. ΚΠ 1980 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 21 Nov. A self-closing hinge for a box lid. Position the lid and adjacent strip to which it will be hinged, so the lid is overclosed by about 15 deg. 1994 Sunday Mail (Nexis) 26 July 31 If you lack your back teeth your jaw can ‘overclose’, putting strain on the muscles from the temple to the lower jaw—hence the headaches. 3. transitive. Astronomy. Of cosmological models and physical theories, or assumptions affecting them: to cause (the modelled universe) to have a greater mass than is estimated to be contained in it in reality or that can be reconciled with its observed expansion. Cf. closed adj. ΚΠ 1990 Physical Rev. D. 41 2388 Above this mass the freeze-out abundance of these particles would overclose the Universe. 1996 Physics Lett. 370 52 By requiring that LSP should not overclose the universe, we obtain a stringent constraint on the reheating temperature after the decay of the Polonyi field. 1998 Science (Nexis) 29 May 1398 Because stable neutrinos with such large masses would certainly ‘overclose the universe’ (that is, prevent it from attaining its present age), cosmology implies a much lower upper limit on these neutrino masses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : over-closeadj.adv. < v.c1400 see also
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