overset (English, verb)
expansion: overset (third-person singular simple present oversets, present participle oversetting, simple past and past participle overset)
Senses:
glosses: To knock over or overturn (someone or something); to capsize, to upset.
tags: transitive
glosses: To physically or mentally disturb (someone); to upset; specifically, to make (someone) ill, especially nauseous; to nauseate, to sicken.
tags: figuratively
transitive
glosses: To throw (something, such as an organization, a plan, etc.) into confusion or out of order; to subvert, to unsettle, to upset.
tags: figuratively
transitive
glosses: To translate (a text).
tags: figuratively
rare
transitive
topics: journalism
media
printing
publishing
glosses: To set (copy or type) in excess of a given space.
tags: figuratively
transitive
glosses: To recover from (an illness).
tags: Scotland
figuratively
transitive
glosses: To cover (the surface of something) with objects.
tags: obsolete
transitive
glosses: 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.
tags: obsolete
transitive
glosses: To press (something) down heavily; to compress; also, to choke (a plant).
tags: obsolete
transitive
glosses: To put too heavy a load on (something); to overload.
tags: obsolete
transitive
glosses: To come to rest over (something); to settle.
tags: obsolete
rare
transitive
glosses: To impose too heavy a tax on (someone); to overtax.
tags: figuratively
obsolete
rare
transitive
qualifier: uncertain
glosses: To recover (money) given in an exchange.
tags: obsolete
transitive
topics: nautical
transport
qualifier: uncertain
glosses: To coil or stow away (a cable, a rope, etc.).
tags: obsolete
transitive
glosses: To turn, or to be turned, over; to capsize; to, or to be, upset.
tags: archaic
intransitive
glosses: Of a person or thing (such as an organization or plan): to become unbalanced or thrown into confusion; to be put into disarray.
tags: intransitive
obsolete
Forms:
form: oversets
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: oversetting
tags: participle
present
form: overset
tags: participle
past
form: overset
tags: past
form: over-set
tags: alternative