Definitions for overs

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overs o·ver

Spelling: [oh-ver]

IPA: /ˈoʊ vər/

Overs is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 57 anagrams from letters in overs (eorsv).

Definitions for overs

noun

1. an amount in excess or addition; extra.
2. Military. a shot that strikes or bursts beyond the target.
3. Cricket. the number of balls, usually six, delivered between successive changes of bowlers. the part of the game played between such changes.

Idioms

1. all over, over the entire surface of; everywhere: thoroughly; entirely. finished:
2. all over with, ended; finished:
3. over again, in repetition; once more:
4. over against. against (def 13).
5. over and above, in addition to; besides:
6. over and over, several times; repeatedly:
7. over the hill. hill (def 11).
8. over there, Informal. (in the U.S. during and after World War I) in or to Europe:
9. over with, finished or done:

adverb

1. beyond the top or upper surface or edge of something:
2. so as to cover the surface, or affect the whole surface:
3. through a region, area, etc.:
4. at some distance, as in a direction indicated:
5. from side to side; across; to the other side:
6. across an intervening space:
7. across or beyond the edge or rim:
8. from beginning to end; throughout:
9. from one person, party, etc., to another:
10. on the other side, as of a sea, a river, or any space:
11. so as to displace from an upright position:
12. so as to put in the reversed position:
13. once more; again:
14. in repetition or succession:
15. in excess or addition:
16. in excess of or beyond a certain amount:
17. throughout or beyond a period of time:
18. to one's residence, office, or the like:
19. so as to reach a place across an intervening space, body of water, etc.: Mayflower.

adjective

1. upper; higher up.
2. higher in authority, station, etc.
3. serving, or intended to serve, as an outer covering; outer.
4. remaining or additional, surplus; extra.
5. too great; excessive (usually used in combination):
6. ended; done; past:

preposition

1. above in place or position:
2. above and to the other side of:
3. above in authority, rank, power, etc., so as to govern, control, or have jurisdiction regarding:
4. so as to rest on or cover; on or upon:
5. on or upon, so as to cause an apparent change in one's mood, attitude, etc.:
6. on or on top of:
7. here and there on or in; about:
8. through all parts of; all through:
9. to and fro on or in; across; throughout:
10. from one side to the other of; to the other side of; across:
11. on the other side of; across:
12. reaching higher than, so as to submerge:
13. in excess of; more than:
14. above in degree, quantity, etc.:
15. in preference to:
16. throughout the length of:
17. until after the end of:
18. throughout the duration of:
19. in reference to, concerning, or about:
20. while engaged in or occupied with:
21. via; by means of:

interjection

1. (used in radio communications to signify that the sender has temporarily finished transmitting and is awaiting a reply or acknowledgment.) Compare out (def 53).

verb (used with object)

1. to go or get over; leap over.
2. Southern U.S. to recover from.

Origin of overs

before 900; (adv., preposition) Middle English; Old English ofer; cognate with Dutch over, German ober; (adj.) Middle English over(e), orig. variant of uver(e) (E dial. uver; cf. Examples for overs

Offending the other ones has been a central strategy for Paul over the last year.

He was so good they shot him all up one night last fall over to Wardner.

Instead, spa hotels filled up with over 30,000 refugees from the war-troubled Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.

Actually, the guessing game is over; the weddings have begun, as have weird attempts to circumvent our constitutional democracy.

Obsessive exercising and inadequate nutrition can, over time, put people at high risk for overuse injuries like stress fractures.

Look at him now over there, the way he goes around butting into strangers.

Say, honestly, I didn't know my own name till I had a chanst to look me over.

“Stay in formation,” a sergeant from the ceremonial unit said over a public address system to the cops along the street.

over the gate was written in large letters, 'The Entrance of Mortals.'

“Thou art a big fellow for a school,” said his uncle, looking him over.