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单词 overdrop
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overdropv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈdrɒp/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈdrɑp/
Forms: see over- prefix and drop v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, drop v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + drop v. Compare overdrip v.
Now rare.
transitive. To drop rainwater, etc., on; to overhang, overshadow; to spill (a liquid) over the edge of. Cf. overdrip v.
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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
1608 J. Dod & R. Cleaver Plaine Expos. Prov. xi–xii. 135 Their toppes aloft, and braunches broad, and thereby ouerdroppe all that is under them.
1677 J. Lake & S. Drake in J. Cleveland Clievelandi Vindiciæ Ep. Ded. sig. A iv How enviously our late Mushrom-wits look up at him because he overdroppeth them.
1799 W. Nicol Pract. Planter 148 Does not every tree, who lords it over his neighbour, not only over-drop him, exclude him from sun and air, but also cut off his food?
a1916 J. W. Riley Guiney-pigs in Compl. Wks. (1916) V. 1412 Tiltin' down the clover-tops Till they spill, an' overdrops The sweet morning dew.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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