单词 | overdrip |
释义 | overdripv. Now rare. transitive. To drip on; to overhang, overshadow. Also: to overflow or brim over gradually. Frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > overhanging > overhang [verb (transitive)] overhangOE overdight1581 overdrip1587 overwhelm1593 overdrop1608 juttya1616 overbrow1718 overlean1827 overplume1854 overlop1893 oversail1912 the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of dripping or falling in drops > drip or drop [verb (transitive)] > over overdrip1587 the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > intercept or cut off (light) [verb (transitive)] > overshadow beshadea1000 overshadowOE beshadowc1320 shadowc1384 obumber?1440 obumbrate1531 overdrip1587 overshade1594 inumbrate1623 umbrate1623 overgloom1796 adumbrate1834 sky1840 the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > overflow > [verb (transitive)] > over the brim, side, or edge overflow1548 overbrim1818 overwell1864 overlip1872 overdrip1897 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > move beyond > spill over the edge of overflow1548 overswell1597 overbrim1818 overspill1855 overwell1864 overlip1872 overdrip1897 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xi. 179 When thou seest it [sc. the sea] ouerdreepe the earth, and threaten it with drowning. 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. L4 The aspiring nettles with their shadie tops shall no longer ouer-dreep the best hearbs, or keep them from..the Sunne. 1631 W. Cornwallis Ess. (ed. 2) ii. lii. 332 These..plants, that grow in the shadow,..since greatnesse cannot so ouerdrip them. a1659 R. Brownrig 65 Serm. (1674) I. ii. 25 They may sometimes over-drip us, but they are a shelter to us. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva 3 Divers of those [young trees] which are found in Woods..being overdripp'd become squalid and mossie. 1897 F. Thompson New Poems 176 Shake the lilies till their scent Over-drip their rims. 1898 A. S. Way tr. Euripides Tragedies III. 198 ‘The altar, overdripped with Hellene blood?’.. ‘Blood-russet are its rims in any wise.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1587 |
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