overlift
1 of 2transitive verb
: to lift too high or too much
overlift
2 of 2noun
: a device to catch the bolt of a lock when one of the tumblers is overlifted
Word History
Etymology
Transitive verb
over entry 1 + lift
- circumstantials
- circumstantiate
- circumstantiated
- circumstantiates
- circumstantiating
- circumstantiations
- circumstellar
- circumstellar disk
- circumterrestrial
- circumtropical
- circumvallate
- circumvallated
- circumvallates
- circumvallating
- circumvallation
- circumvallations
- circumvene
- circumvent
- circumventable
- circumvented
- circumventers
- circumventing
- circumvention
- circumventions
- circumventors