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单词 overdrip
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overdripv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈdrɪp/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈdrɪp/
Forms: see over- prefix and drip v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, drip v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + drip v. Compare overdrop v.
Now rare.
transitive. To drip on; to overhang, overshadow. Also: to overflow or brim over gradually. Frequently figurative.
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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).
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