📖 O — The English dictionary · page 20

overdose — Everyday, meaning 1: An overdose is too much of a medicine or drug taken at once, which can make someone very ill or kill them.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To overdose is to take such a dangerous amount.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) An overdose of something is too much of it, like an overdose of sugar or TV.↗ Example: Taking too many tablets can cause an overdose.↗ · If someone takes an overdose, call an ambulance at once.↗ · Keep medicines away from small children to prevent an overdose.↗ · The label shows the right dose so you don't overdose.↗ · I had an overdose of chocolate at the party.↗ · Even vitamins can be dangerous in an overdose.↗

overdraft — Everyday, meaning 1: (money) An overdraft is when a bank lets you take out more money from your account than you have in it, so you owe the bank money.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (money) An overdraft is the amount of money owed in this way.↗ Example: Mum said we were nearly in our overdraft, so no takeaway this week.↗ · The bank gave Dad an overdraft of £500.↗ · He had £40 and spent £60, so he had a £20 overdraft.↗ · Overdrafts can be expensive because banks charge fees.↗ · They worked hard to pay off their overdraft.↗ · Her overdraft limit is £200, so she can't spend more.↗

overdrive — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: To drive animals too hard or too fast, so that they get worn out.↗ Example: And he said unto him: 'My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me; and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.↗ (Torah GEN.33.13, JPS 1917)↗

overdue — Everyday, meaning 1: Something overdue has not arrived, happened or been done by the time it was expected or needed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An overdue library book has not been returned by the day it was due.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (money) An overdue bill has not been paid in time.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Overdue can mean something that should have happened long ago, as in «a change that is long overdue».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A baby that is overdue has not been born by the expected time.↗ Example: My library book is overdue, so I must return it today.↗ · The train is twenty minutes overdue.↗ · The bill is overdue and there's a late fee.↗ · A holiday for Mum is long overdue!↗ · The baby was a week overdue.↗ · The rule change was long overdue.↗ · The fine is ten pence for each day the book is overdue.↗

overeat — Everyday, meaning 1: To overeat is to eat more food than your body needs.↗ Example: I overate at the party and felt sick.↗ · Try not to overeat at Christmas dinner.↗ · Eating slowly helps you not overeat.↗ · Dogs will overeat if you let them.↗ · He overeats when he is bored.↗ · We had overeaten, so we went for a walk.↗

overestimate — Everyday, meaning 1: To guess or think that an amount is bigger than it really is.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To think someone or something is better, stronger or more important than they really are.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) A guess that is too large.↗ Example: I overestimated how many sweets were in the jar.↗ · Rounding 48 up to 50 gives an overestimate.↗ · We overestimated how far we could walk and got very tired.↗ · Don't overestimate your strength when lifting boxes.↗ · My guess of 300 was an overestimate; the answer was 271.↗ · The team overestimated the other side and were surprised to win.↗ · Do not let your vanity make you overestimate your powers.↗

overexcited — Everyday, meaning 1: So excited that you cannot stay calm and may become silly, loud or wild.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Too excited about something, more than makes sense.↗ Example: The puppy got overexcited and knocked over the cups.↗ · The kids were overexcited on the last day of term.↗ · Don't get overexcited; it might not snow tomorrow.↗ · He was so overexcited he couldn't sleep.↗ · Overexcited fans ran onto the pitch.↗ · Calm down, you're getting overexcited.↗

overfed — Everyday, meaning 1: Overfed means given too much food, more than is healthy.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Overfed is the past form of overfeed: «They overfed the fish».↗ Example: The goldfish was overfed and got sick.↗ · Our overfed cat sleeps all day.↗ · Don't overfeed the ducks with bread.↗ · The puppy was overfed at the party.↗ · Overfed fish make the tank water dirty.↗ · The vet said our dog is overfed.↗ · He overfed the hamster by mistake.↗ · An overfed pet can become ill.↗

overfill — Everyday, meaning 1: To overfill something is to put too much into it, so it is too full or spills over.↗ Example: Don't overfill the kettle.↗ · He overfilled the glass and juice went everywhere.↗ · If you overfill the measuring jug, read the line again.↗ · The bath overfilled and flooded the floor.↗ · Do not overfill your plate at the buffet.↗ · She overfilled the balloon and it burst.↗ · A jug holds 1 litre; if you pour in 1.3 litres, you overfill it by 0.3 litres.↗ · Never overfill the car's fuel tank.↗

overflow — Everyday, meaning 1: To overflow means to flow over the edge because something is too full, like a bath.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A place overflows when there are too many people or things to fit.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An overflow is the water or things that spill over, or a pipe or hole that lets extra water out.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Overflowing with a feeling means having a lot of it, like overflowing with joy.↗ Example: Turn the tap off before the bath overflows!↗ · The river overflowed after days of heavy rain.↗ · The bin was overflowing with rubbish.↗ · The hall was so full the crowd overflowed into the corridor.↗ · Water went down the overflow pipe.↗ · If you pour 3 litres into a 2-litre jug, 1 litre will overflow.↗ · Her heart was overflowing with happiness.↗ · The car park was full, so we parked in the overflow car park.↗ · Again the theatre was filled to overflowing, and again the Clown gave his imitation amidst the cheers of the crowd.↗ · My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that overflow, (Writings JOB.6.15, JPS 1917)↗ · So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine.↗ (Writings PRO.3.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Overflow thy land as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish! there is no girdle any more.↗ (Prophets ISA.23.10, JPS 1917)↗

overflowing — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A flood or spill of water over its edges; a flowing over.↗ Example: The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; so Thou destroyest the hope of man.↗ (Writings JOB.14.19, JPS 1917)↗

overgrown — Everyday, meaning 1: Covered with plants, weeds or grass that have grown too much because no one has cut them.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Grown too large, or (of a person) acting like a child though grown up: «an overgrown schoolboy».↗ Example: The garden was overgrown with weeds.↗ · We found an overgrown path in the woods.↗ · The old castle was overgrown with ivy.↗ · Watch out for nettles in the overgrown field.↗ · Dad cut back the overgrown hedge.↗ · He's just an overgrown kid who loves video games.↗ · Their way led through a stream whose banks were overgrown with thick brushwood.↗

overhang — Everyday, meaning 1: To overhang is to stick out over something below.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An overhang is a part that sticks out over something, like a roof edge or a rock ledge.↗ Example: The branches overhang the path.↗ · We sheltered under a rock overhang.↗ · Don't stand on the cliff overhang; it could fall.↗ · The roof has a wide overhang.↗ · Trees overhanging the road can block the view.↗ · The climber struggled up the overhang.↗ · “There is a hazel bush overhanging a secret pool in a secret place.↗ · And as for the overhanging part that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth over shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.↗ (Torah EXO.26.12, JPS 1917)↗

overhead — Everyday, meaning 1: Overhead means above your head or up in the sky.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An overhead thing is placed above you, like an overhead light or overhead locker.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Overheads are the regular costs of running a business, like rent and electricity.↗ Example: A plane flew low overhead.↗ · The geese honked as they flew overhead.↗ · Never fly a kite near overhead power lines.↗ · Put your bag in the overhead locker.↗ · The overhead light in the kitchen flickered.↗ · The Sun is almost directly overhead at noon in summer.↗ · He threw the ball with an overhead throw.↗ · The shop closed because its overheads were too high.↗ · A large yellow sun hung directly overhead.↗

overhear — Everyday, meaning 1: To overhear something is to hear what other people are saying without them knowing, or without meaning to listen.↗ Example: I overheard Mum planning my surprise party.↗ · In the story, the boy overheard the pirates' plan.↗ · Sorry, I couldn't help overhearing your conversation.↗ · Speak quietly so you are not overheard.↗ · She overheard her name in the staff room.↗ · The spy overheard the soldiers talking.↗ · We overheard the teacher say there would be a quiz.↗ · This time they could not prevent him overhearing.↗

overheat — Everyday, meaning 1: To overheat is to become too hot.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To overheat something is to make it too hot.↗ Example: Don't let your laptop overheat on the bed.↗ · The car engine overheated on the hill.↗ · Dogs can overheat in hot cars.↗ · Drink water so your body does not overheat.↗ · The phone overheated and switched off.↗ · Don't overheat the milk — it will burn.↗

overjoyed — Everyday, meaning 1: Overjoyed means very, very happy, so happy you could burst.↗ Example: The old woman was overjoyed and carried off the ring.↗ · The king was overjoyed at this brilliant victory.↗ · We were overjoyed when the snow came.↗

overland — Everyday, meaning 1: Across land, by road or on foot, rather than by sea or by air.↗ Example: The pioneers travelled overland in covered wagons.↗ · We went overland by train from London to Rome instead of flying.↗ · The overland route through the desert took weeks.↗ · Some animals migrate overland, others by sea.↗ · The explorers carried water on their overland trek.↗ · The overland telegraph line crossed Australia.↗

overlap — Everyday, meaning 1: To overlap means to cover part of the same space as something else, so one thing lies partly over another.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To overlap means to happen partly at the same time.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An overlap is the part that is shared or covered twice.↗ Example: 12 children like apples, 10 like pears, and 4 like both, so the groups overlap.↗ · The two boards overlap by 5 centimetres.↗ · Each tile overlaps the next by 2 cm.↗ · The two meetings overlap for 15 minutes.↗ · Write the children who like both in the overlap of the Venn diagram.↗ · Roof tiles overlap so rain runs off.↗ · Football and swimming overlap on Tuesday, so I can't do both.↗ · The circles overlap in the middle.↗

overlapping — Everyday, meaning 1: Overlapping means covering part of something else, so two things lie partly over each other.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Overlapping ideas or times share some part in common.↗ Example: Draw two overlapping circles for a Venn diagram.↗ · Roof tiles are overlapping so rain runs off.↗ · The fish has overlapping scales.↗ · Our clubs have overlapping times, so I can't do both.↗ · The overlapping part shows numbers that are even and less than ten.↗ · The leaves were overlapping in the sun.↗

overlay — Early Modern English, meaning 1: To cover a surface with a thin layer of precious metal, such as gold plating.↗ Example: And thou shalt make staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold.↗ (Torah EXO.25.13, JPS 1917) · And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold.↗ (Torah EXO.30.5, JPS 1917) · And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with brass.↗ (Torah EXO.27.6, JPS 1917)

overload — Everyday, meaning 1: To overload something is to put too much weight or too many things on or in it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To overload a plug or electric circuit is to use too many machines on it, which can cause a fire.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An overload is too much of something, more than can be handled: information overload.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To overload a person is to give them too much work.↗ Example: Don't overload the washing machine.↗ · Overloading a plug socket can start a fire.↗ · The boat was overloaded and began to sink.↗ · The lift says «maximum 8 people» so it isn't overloaded.↗ · Too many pop-ups gave me information overload.↗ · The teacher didn't want to overload us with homework.↗ · Loud noise and bright lights can cause sensory overload.↗ · The truck was fined for overloading.↗

overloaded — Everyday, meaning 1: Overloaded means carrying more weight or things than is safe.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An overloaded circuit or socket has too much electricity going through it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An overloaded person has too much to do or think about.↗ Example: The overloaded shelf collapsed.↗ · An overloaded socket can get hot.↗ · I feel overloaded with homework this week.↗ · The overloaded donkey walked slowly.↗ · The website was overloaded and crashed.↗ · The overloaded bus left people at the stop.↗ · My brain is overloaded!↗ · They overloaded the trolley with shopping.↗

overlook — Everyday, meaning 1: To overlook something is to fail to notice it or to miss it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To overlook a mistake is to forgive it or decide not to punish it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: If a building or window overlooks a place, you can see that place from it, from above.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (US) An overlook is a high place where you stop to look at a view.↗ Example: Don't overlook the small print.↗ · I overlooked one question on the test.↗ · The teacher overlooked my late homework this time.↗ · Our flat overlooks the park.↗ · The castle overlooks the whole valley.↗ · We stopped at a scenic overlook on the drive.↗ · It's easy to overlook a decimal point.↗ · Please overlook my messy writing.↗ · He overlooked it in his haste to tell the glorious tidings.↗ · In the first edition I overlooked this word three; and putting and for as, made four classes of serving beings.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗