overshadingadj.
/ˌəʊvəˈʃeɪdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈʃeɪdɪŋ/ That overshades.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [adjective] > casting a shadow > overshadowing
obumbrativea1525
overshading1601
overshadowy1601
overshadowing1650
1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 95 Pleasant ouer-shading bowers.
1850 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Aug. 151 While farms for supplies and land for dwellings rise in value within the influence of railroads, the local trading interests are depressed by the overshading influence of the city.
1991 Guardian (Nexis) 22 June This tree shares with the Deodar and Lawson cypress a peculiar adaptive feature to enable it to grow into and through the branches of the over-shading old trees.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1601- with this that
- with this view
- with time
- with tongue hanging out
- with tongue in cheek
- with tooth and nail
- with topsail
- with twelfth hand
- with twins
- with unright
- with unskill
- with up-sun
- with upsun
- with us
- with usury
- with vigour
- with virtue of
- with west in it
- with westen
- with whelp
- with will
- with win
- with wings displayed
- with witting
- with young