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overfed (adj.)[overfed 词源字典]: 1570s, from over- + fed (adj.).[overfed etymology, overfed origin, 英语词源]
overfeed (v.): also over-feed, c. 1600, from over- + feed (v.). Related: overfed; overfeeding.
overflow (v.): Old English oferfleow "to flow across, flood, inundate," also "to flow over (a brim or bank);" see over- + flow (v.). Related: Overflowed; overflowing.
overflow (n.): 1580s, "act of overflowing," from overflow (v.).
overgrazed (adj.): of grassland, 1929, from over- + past participle of graze (v.).
overground (adj.): "situated above ground" (as opposed to underground), 1879, from over- + ground (n.).
overgrown (adj.): late 14c., "covered with growth," past participle adjective from overgrow "overspread with foliage" (Old English ofergrowan); see over- + grown, and compare Old English verb ofergrowan "to overgrow." Meaning "having grown too large" is attested from late 15c.
overgrowth (n.): c. 1600, from over- + growth. Also see overgrown.
overhand (adv.): 1570s, "upside down," from over- + hand. Sense in tennis, etc., in reference to hand position above that which is gripped, is first recorded 1861. As an adjective, of throws, strokes, or bowls, "done with the hand raised above the shoulder," it is first recorded 1828 (in cricket).
overhang (v.): 1590s, from over- + hang (v.). Related: Overhung; overhanging.
overhang (n.): "fact of overhanging," 1864, from overhang (v.).
overhaul (v.): 1620s, from over- + haul (v.); originally nautical, "pull rigging apart for examination," which was done by slackening the rope by hauling in the opposite direction to that in which it is pulled in hoisting. Replaced overhale in sense of "overtake" (1793). Related: Overhauled; overhauling.
overhaul (n.): 1826, from overhaul (v.).
overhead: 1530s, "above one's head" (adv.), from over- + head. The adjective is attested from 1874. As a noun, short for overhead costs, etc., it is attested from 1914.
overhear (v.): "to hear what one is not meant to hear," 1540s, from over- + hear. The notion is perhaps "to hear beyond the intended range of the voice." Old English oferhieran also meant "to not listen, to disregard, disobey" (compare overlook for negative force of over; also Middle High German überhaeren, Middle Dutch overhoren in same sense). Related: Overheard; overhearing.
overheat (v.): "to make too hot" (transitive), late 14c., from over- + heat (v.). Intransitive sense "to become too hot" is from 1902, originally in reference to motor engines. Related: Overheated; overheating.
overindulge (v.): also over-indulge, 1821, from over (adv.) + indulge.
overjoy (v.): late 14c., "to rejoice over," from over- + joy (q.v.); translating Latin supergaudere (in Psalms xxxiv, etc.). Transitive sense of "to fill with gladness" is first recorded 1570s (now usually in past participle overjoyed).
overkill (n.): 1958, from over- + kill (v.). Originally in reference to nuclear arsenals; the general sense is from 1965. The verb is attested from 1946.
overlap (v.): "to partially extend over," 1726, over- + lap (v.). Related: Overlapped; overlapping.