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OVERFLY (overflew, overflown)
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Irregular inflected forms: overflew , overflown
, overflown Dictionary entry overview: What does overfly mean?
• OVERFLY (verb)
The verb OVERFLY has 1 sense:
1. fly over
Familiarity information: OVERFLY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they overfly ... he / she / it overflies
Past simple: overflew
Past participle: overflown
-ing form: overflying
... he / she / it overflies Past simple: overflew
Past participle: overflown
-ing form: overflying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fly over
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
overfly; pass over
Context example:
The plane passed over Damascus
Hypernyms (to "overfly" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
Domain category:
air; air travel; aviation (travel via aircraft)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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