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allover

allover

4.8
Covers the whole surface of something like a dress or wall
  • adjective
  • /ˈɔːloʊvər/
translation icon : total
  • The room was painted with an allover color scheme that enhanced its warm and inviting atmosphere.
  • an allover color
  • an allover composition

Examples

  • Look, if he sees me, it's allover.

    Killing Them Softly (2012)

  • Once inside an individual booth, the sound is up close and direct, partially contained within the confines of the Formica-covered cabin, while the audio tracks from the adjacent booths fall into an allover ambient background.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The artist created an eye-catching design featuring an allover pattern of vibrant flowers.

  • This dress has an allover print that makes it stand out at any event.

Antonyms

sparse
31 5.0

Present in small numbers or amounts

patchy
11 3.7

Not the same quality in all parts

How Covered

allover
4.8
spotted
2 1.0
speckled
1 2.8
patchy
11 3.7
sparse
31 5.0

Surface Forms

allover positive

Morphology

allover = all (transparent) = over + all

The adjective is directly built from the clear components 'all' + 'over' meaning covering the whole surface. [Postprocessing: moved 'over' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Allover comes from the common words all and over, which mean 'everything' and 'across'. Imagine paint that goes 'all over' a table, and you will remember that allover describes a pattern or colour that covers the whole surface.