单词 | overrisen |
释义 | overrisenadj. That has risen too high, esp. of dough, bread, etc.; (figurative) overweening, despotic. Also of a ship: floating too high in the water, so as to become unstable. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective] > over-exalted overrisen1647 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > having specific amount of freeboard overrisen1867 freeboarded1883 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 49 Over-risen Kings, have been the next evills to the world, unto falne Angels. 1836 W. A. Alcott Young Mother vii. 166 Bakers often suffer..bread to be over-risen, in order to make it sufficiently light and porous. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Over-risen, when a ship is too high out of the water for her length and breadth, so as to make a trouble of lee-lurches and weather-rolls. 1872 ‘M. Harland’ Common Sense in Househ. (new ed.) 269 The bread is invariably over-risen, and consequently tasteless, sometimes slightly acid. 1910 R. Harcourt & M. A. Purdy Flour & Breadmaking 26 Once over-risen, soft flour dough is very hard to make into good bread. 1993 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 3 July c3 Take out flopped, overrisen brownie pudding-cake and let oven cool. 2000 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 10 Dec. 25 If a bagel sinks quickly, it needs more time to rise. If it floats, it is overrisen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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