to overtop
1
6.5
- verb
- /oʊvərˈtɑp/
:
sobresalir
- "It would overtop.
Examples
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The tall skyscraper seemed to overtop all the surrounding buildings in the city skyline.
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So when a protection fails or is overtopped by exceptional events, the consequences are larger.
Blog text (18) -
All the growing twigs have tried to branch out on all sides and to overtop and kill the surrounding twigs and branches out compete them.
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I overtopped the emperor himself, who was only a slack-jawed stripling on a piebald horse!
Fiction book (1997) -
A geyser of sulfurous flame gushed from the shaft to overtop the square-built church.
Fiction book (1994) -
Blackgum also tends to have low height growth and root growth (Latham 1992), and many faster-growing tree species can easily overtop it.
Academic text (2007) -
The waves began to overtop the sea wall during the storm, flooding the nearby streets.
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After a heavy rainfall, the river threatened to overtop its banks and spill into the fields.
Synonyms
100
3.7
To look down at a place from above
48
3.7
To rise above a place and be clearly visible from around it
46
1.5
To reach the highest point or part of something
21
3.4
To have a view of an area from a high place like a balcony or window
14
4.8
Be much taller or more impressive so others seem small
12
6.2
To have a view of an area from a higher place
1
6.1
To be on top of a building or object as a decoration
To stand above something and stick out over it
Antonyms
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overtop comes from the parts over 'above' and top 'highest point'. So to overtop something is to be higher than it or to look down on it.