overset

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Synonyms: oversee, verset, overget, oversew, overwet, oversea, overjet, overnet

Antonyms: oversee, verset, overget, oversew, overwet, oversea, overjet, overnet

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Verb

1. To knock over or overturn (someone or something); to capsize, to upset. To physically or mentally disturb (someone); to upset; specifically, to make (someone) ill, especially nauseous; to nauseate, to sicken.
2. To knock over or overturn (someone or something); to capsize, to upset.
3. To physically or mentally disturb (someone); to upset; specifically, to make (someone) ill, especially nauseous; to nauseate, to sicken.
4. To physically or mentally disturb (someone); to upset; specifically, to make (someone) ill, especially nauseous; to nauseate, to sicken.
5. To throw (something, such as an organization, a plan, etc.) into confusion or out of order; to subvert, to unsettle, to upset.
6. To translate (a text).
7. To set (copy or type) in excess of a given space.
8. To recover from (an illness).
9. To cover (the surface of something) with objects. To oppress or overwhelm (someone, their thoughts, etc.); to beset; also, to overpower or overthrow (someone, an army, a people, etc.) by force; to defeat, to overwhelm. To press (something) down heavily; to compress; also, to choke (a plant). To put too heavy a load on (something); to overload. To come to rest over (something); to settle. To impose too heavy a tax on (someone); to overtax. To recover (money) given in an exchange. To coil or stow away (a cable, a rope, etc.).
10. To cover (the surface of something) with objects.
11. To oppress or overwhelm (someone, their thoughts, etc.); to beset; also, to overpower or overthrow (someone, an army, a people, etc.) by force; to defeat, to overwhelm.
12. To press (something) down heavily; to compress; also, to choke (a plant).
13. To put too heavy a load on (something); to overload.
14. To come to rest over (something); to settle.
15. To impose too heavy a tax on (someone); to overtax.
16. To recover (money) given in an exchange.
17. To coil or stow away (a cable, a rope, etc.).
18. To turn, or to be turned, over; to capsize; to, or to be, upset. Of a person or thing (such as an organization or plan): to become unbalanced or thrown into confusion; to be put into disarray.
19. To turn, or to be turned, over; to capsize; to, or to be, upset.
20. Of a person or thing (such as an organization or plan): to become unbalanced or thrown into confusion; to be put into disarray.

Adjective

1. Having been overset (verb sense). Capsized, overturned, upset. Of copy or type: set in excess of a given space.
2. Capsized, overturned, upset.
3. Of copy or type: set in excess of a given space.

Noun

1. Copy or type set in excess of a given space; an instance of this.
2. An act of knocking over or overturning; a capsize or capsizing, an overturning, an upset. An excess, a surplus.
3. An act of knocking over or overturning; a capsize or capsizing, an overturning, an upset.
4. An excess, a surplus.

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