overtop
Verb
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Verb
overtop (overtops, present participle overtopping; past and past participle overtopped)
- (transitive) To be higher than; to rise over the top of. [from 16th c.]
- 1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber 2005, p. 79:
- There was a single birch tree that overtopped the other trees on the island, and was now picked out against the moon-drenched sky.
- 1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber 2005, p. 79:
- (transitive) To place too many toppings on.
- to overtop a pizza
overtop
- (now, chiefly, North America) Over the top. [from 18th c.]
- 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 154:
- Paul put the skull back in its proper place, put back the coffin lid, and kicked dirt and rocks overtop.
- 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 154:
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