English Dictionary
◊ OVER
over
adj 1: having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting
was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished";
"the abruptly terminated interview" [syn: {complete},
{concluded}, {ended}, {over(p)}, {all over}, {terminated}]
2: (prefix) excessive; "over-abusive"; "overabusive"
n : (cricket) the period during which a given number of balls (6
in England; 8 in Australia) are bowled at the batsman by
one player from the other team from the same end of the
pitch
adv 1: at or to a point across intervening space etc.; "come over
and see us some time"; "over there"
2: throughout an area; "he is known the world over"
3: in such a manner as to be understood and accepted; "she
cannot get her ideas across" [syn: {across}]
4: throughout a period of time; "stay over the weekend" [syn: {o'er}]