Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
😢 Emotionally upset 🚣 Turned over 📝 To overflow content ⛵ To overturn
overset

overset

7.0
On its side or upside down, often said of a boat
  • adjective
  • /ˈoʊvərˌsɛt/
translation icon : volcado
  • The rescue team found the overset canoe lodged among the rocks.

Examples

  • After the storm, several overset boats were scattered along the shoreline.

  • The boat was overset by the strong winds.

  • The sailors worked quickly to right the overset dinghy before it drifted away.

  • After the storm, we found the overset canoe on the shore.

  • The small fishing boat was quickly overset by the strong waves.

  • After the storm, several vessels were found overset along the shore.

  • The canoe was overset as it navigated through the rough waters of the river.

Synonyms

upturned
vsoverset
1 4.5

Something that has its bottom facing up, like a boat

is used particularly when boats have flipped over in the water
overturned
vsoverset
3.6

Turned so the top is on the bottom

is used specifically when boats or similar objects have capsized in water
upended
vsoverset
4.4

Turned over so the bottom points toward the sky

is used mainly for boats that have rolled over and lie on their side

Antonyms

right-side-up
3 3.2

Placed so the top part faces up

How Overturned

overset
7.0
tilted
2.5

Surface Forms

overset positive

Morphology

overset = set (transparent) = over + set

The meaning 'turned over or capsized' is a straightforward literal result of 'over' + 'set' and is easily inferable by learners.

Etymology

Overset comes from over- 'over' and set 'to place', so it once meant 'turned over' for things like boats. That's why an overset boat is one that has been flipped or capsized.