In a place or position higher than, and in a vertical direction from (the object); above in place, position, authority, etc.Hence — Overlooking or overhanging.Above in authority or in the exercise of power, government, supervision, or care.Above in strength, dignity, excellence, value, or charm: expressing eminence or superiority as ascertained by comparison, contest, or struggle, and hence implying overcoming, victory, triumph, exultation: as, victory over temptation.Above in height, extent, number, quantity, or degree; higher, deeper, or more than; upward of: as, over head and ears in debt or in love; over a thousand dollars.In heraldry, resting upon and partly covering. Thus, a lion over a fesse means that the lion is charged upon the fesse, either contained within its borders or projecting beyond them, as distinguished from above, which means placed higher on the escutcheon.About or upon, so as to cover; upon and around.On; upon; to and fro or back and forth upon, expressing relation of repeated or continued movement or effort; through or in all parts of (often with all): as, to ramble over the fields; to pore over a book; to think over a project; to search all over the city.About; concerning; in regard to; on account of: as, to cry over spilt milk; to fret over a trifle.Across.On the other side of.Across, in such a way as to rest on and depend from: as, to carry a cloak over one's arm.During the continuance or duration of; to the end of and beyond: as, to keep corn over the winter; to stay over night or over Sunday.While engaged in or partaking of: as, they discussed the matter over a bowl of punch, or over a game of billiards.From the other side of: as, from over the sea.In the measurement of ships, machinery, and, in general, of objects which have overhanging or projecting parts (as the bowsprit of a vessel, the flywheel of an engine, etc.), in a straight line between the most widely separated extremities, inclusive of such parts or projections.Synonyms Over, Above. Above expresses greater elevation, but not necessarily in or near a perpendicular direction; over expresses perpendicularity or something near it: thus, one cloud may be above another, without being over it. Over often implies motion or extension where above would not; hence the difference in sense of the flying of a bird over or above a house, the hanging of a branch over or above a wall. In such uses over seems to represent greater nearness.On the top or surface; on the outside.In all parts; in all directions; throughout: often with all. See all over, under all.From side to side; in extent or width; across.Across from this or that side (to the other); across an intervening space to the other side.Yonder; in the distance; in a direction indicated: as, over by the hill; over yonder.By actual and complete transference into the possession or keeping of another: as, to make over property to one; to deliver over prisoners; to hand over money.So as to reverse (something); so as to show the other or a different side: as, to roll or turn a stone over.Above the top, brim, rim, or edge: as, the pot boils over.Throughout; from beginning to end; thoroughly.In excess; beyond that which is assigned or required; left; remaining: as, nineteen contains five three times and four over.In or to an excessive degree; too; excessively: as, to be over careful; over hot; over hasty: in this sense commonly written as in composition, with a hyphen.Again; once more: as, I will do it over.In repetition or succession: as, he is rich enough to buy and sell you twice over.At an end; in a state of completion or cessation; in the past: as, all is over; is the meeting over?Very; in great measure or degree: as, he is not over and above well.See the verbs. [Over is much used as the first element in compounds, denoting either a going or passing over, through, across, etc., as in overcast, overthrow, etc., or as a preposition with a noun, as overboard, oversea, etc., or denoting, with a verb, excess or superiority, as in overact, overcome, etc. In the last use it may be joined with almost any verb. Only a few, comparatively, of such compounds are entered in this work. As a prefix, as well as when a distinct word, over is often poetically contracted into o'er.]Upper.Superior.Outer; serving as or intended for an outer covering: as, overshoes; an overcoat.n. In cricket, the number of balls delivered between successive changes of bowlers; also, the part or section of the game played between such changes.n. An excess; the amount by which one sum or quantity exceeds another.To go over; leap or vault over, as in the game of leap-frog.To go, pass, or climb over.
