o'er /ōr, ör or (Scot) owr/ (poetic, archaic or Scot)

over /ōˈvər/

1. Above in place, rank, power, authority, contention, preference, value, quantity, number, etc
2. In excess of
3. Above and from one side of to the other
4. Down from or beyond the edge of
5. From side to side or end to end of
6. Along
7. Throughout the extent of
8. During
9. Until after
10. Across
11. On or to the other side of
12. On, onto, about, or across the surface of
13. In discussion, contemplation, study of or occupation with
14. Concerning
15. On account of
16. Recovered from the effects of
17. In a sunk, submerged, or buried state beyond the level of, as in over head and ears

1. On the top
2. Above
3. Across
4. To or on the other side
5. From one person, party, condition, etc, to another
6. Into a sleep
7. Outwards so as to overhang or to fall from
8. Down, away from an upright position
9. Through, from beginning to end, esp in a cursory or exploratory way
10. Throughout
11. Into a reversed position
12. Across the margin
13. Again, in repetition
14. Too much
15. In excess
16. Left remaining
17. At an end

Indicating that the speaker now expects a reply

1. (usu as pfx) upper or superior
2. Surplus
3. Excessive

1. A series of (usu six) balls after which play changes from one end to the other (cricket)
2. Anything that is over
3. A surplus copy, etc
4. An excess, overplus

To go, leap or vault over

—Also, only as adv and prep o'er (now usu poetic), ore (obs), o're (obs), all pronounced /ōr or ör/, and in Scots ower, owre or o'er, pronounced /owr or ōr/

overage /ōˈvə-rij/ noun

Surplus, excess (see also over-age under over-)

oˈverly adverb (informal, orig US)

1. Excessively, too
2. Casually (Scot)
3. Superciliously (obsolete)

1. Casual (Scot)
2. Supercilious, superior (obsolete)

oˈver-and-unˈder noun

A double-barrelled gun having the barrels one on top of the other rather than side by side (also under-and-oˈver)

overbyˈ adverb

A little way over, esp in Scots forms owerby, o'erby /owr-bīˈ/

over rate noun (cricket)

The rate at which overs are bowled

over-the-counˈter adjective

1. (of securities, etc) not listed on or traded through a stock exchange, but traded directly between buyers and sellers
2. (of drugs, etc) able to be bought or sold without prescription or licence

over-the-topˈ adjective

Excessive, extreme, too much

all over

1. At an end
2. Everywhere
3. At his, her or its most characteristic (informal)
4. Covered with, besmeared or bespattered with (informal)

all over again

Again from the beginning, anew

be all over (someone)

To make a fuss of, fawn on (someone)

over again

All over again

over against

Opposite

over and above

1. In addition to
2. Besides

over and out (radio)

An expression used to announce the end of one's transmission

over and over (again)

1. Many times
2. Repeatedly

over head and ears

Completely submerged

over seas

To foreign lands

over the hill see under hill

over the moon see under moon

over to you!

Used to transfer the initiative in speaking, etc, to another person

put one over on (informal)

1. To gain an advantage over someone
2. To deceive someone

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