单词 | overjump |
释义 | overjumpv. 1. transitive. To jump over (a thing). Now chiefly figurative: to transcend, overleap. Also (occasionally) intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > omit, pass over forgetc950 overhipc1300 overgoa1382 overpassa1382 passa1382 to step over ——1387 to pass overc1390 overslipa1400 overskipc1400 overslide1488 overstartc1500 neglect1511 skip1531 to pass by1560 intermit1570 leap1600 overjump1604 jump1749 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > cause to jump [verb (transitive)] > leap, spring, or jump over leapc900 overleapeOE freea1578 overjump1604 jump1609 overskip1629 fly1719 top1735 spring?a1775 clear1791 overbound1813 over1837 overspring1847 leap-frog1872 vault1884 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > do (something) to excess [verb (transitive)] > exceed or extend beyond passa1387 surmount1502 surpassa1555 transcend1559 outreacha1568 surreach1606 paragona1616 outsweepa1729 overjump1877 1604 J. Marston Malcontent iv. iii. sig. F3 For our succession, Cannot so lightly ouer-iumpe his death. 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 135 A stiff-throw'n Bowl, which running down a Hill, Meets in the way som stub,..but instantly it hops, It over-iumps. 1838 W. Tennant Anster Fair (new ed.) iv. xxxvii. 18 Honest Robert plies the hardier dance, Most faithful to his sack and to the race; Now for it, Rob—another jump—but once—And overjump'd is all th' allotted space. 1877 J. S. Blackie Wise Men Greece 233 If there be gods, or if there be not, overjumps my ken. 1984 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 11 Mar. ‘It is very important for you to understand that we succeeded to bypass and overjump all the differences you talk about,’ Arafat told one Western reporter. 2001 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 7 May In my view, I'm not a hard person to work with. I don't overjump boundaries. 2. transitive and intransitive. Esp. of a horse: to jump too far or too high over (a fence, etc.). Also transitive (reflexive): to jump further than one's strength allows. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (reflexive)] > jump too far for one's strength overleapa1616 overjump1856 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > cause to jump [verb (transitive)] > leap, spring, or jump over > too far overjump1894 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 378/2 If the horse will take them kindly without either refusing them [sc. hurdles] or over-jumping himself, he may be considered perfect. 1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough 72 She [sc. a mare] was prone to overjump herself when she didn't run through them [sc. fences]. 1894 Daily News 11 Dec. 2/6 If he has a fault it is a tendency to overjump his fences. 1920 J. Masefield Right Royal ii. 80 ‘What's the matter?’ he shouted as Royal swept past. ‘Sprained!’ shouted the man, ‘over-jumped, at the last.’ 1990 Times (Nexis) 29 Nov. He was simply going too fast for his own good when he met the first of the downhill fences where he overjumped and knuckled on landing. 1999 Irish Times (Nexis) 12 Oct. 20 All that remained was to negotiate the two fences in the straight but he overjumped the first of them and came down. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1604 |
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