OVERLEAP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overleap mean? 

• OVERLEAP (verb)
  The verb OVERLEAP has 3 senses:

1. defeat (oneself) by going too far

2. jump across or leap over (an obstacle)

3. leave undone or leave out

  Familiarity information: OVERLEAP used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERLEAP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they overleap    ... he / she / it overleaps   
Past simple: overleaped    / overleapt   
Past participle: overleaped    / overleapt   
-ing form: overleaping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Defeat (oneself) by going too far

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "overleap" is one way to...):

exaggerate; overdo (do something to an excessive degree)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Jump across or leap over (an obstacle)

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

overleap; vault

Hypernyms (to "overleap" is one way to...):

bound; jump; leap; spring (move forward by leaps and bounds)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overleap"):

hurdle (jump a hurdle)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Leave undone or leave out

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

drop; leave out; miss; neglect; omit; overleap; overlook; pretermit

Context example:

The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overleap"):

forget (forget to do something)

jump; pass over; skip; skip over (bypass)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE

 Context examples 

To attain this end, are you justified in overleaping an obstacle of custom—a mere conventional impediment which neither your conscience sanctifies nor your judgment approves?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)