OVERTOP (overtopped, overtopping)

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected forms: overtopped    , overtopping   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does overtop mean? 

• OVERTOP (verb)
  The verb OVERTOP has 1 sense:

1. look down on

  Familiarity information: OVERTOP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERTOP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they overtop    ... he / she / it overtops   
Past simple: overtopped   
Past participle: overtopped   
-ing form: overtopping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Look down on

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

command; dominate; overlook; overtop

Context example:

The villa dominates the town

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

lie (be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position)

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

dwarf; overshadow; shadow (make appear small by comparison)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

 Context examples 

The waves rose in growing fury, each overtopping its fellow, till in a very few minutes the lately glassy sea was like a roaring and devouring monster.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Sherlock Holmes and I surveyed this curt announcement and the rueful face behind it, until the comical side of the affair so completely overtopped every other consideration that we both burst out into a roar of laughter.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)