(prep.) Above, or higher than, in place or position, with the idea of covering; -- opposed to under; as, clouds are over our heads; the smoke rises over the city.
(prep.) Across; from side to side of; -- implying a passing or moving, either above the substance or thing, or on the surface of it; as, a dog leaps over a stream or a table.
(prep.) Upon the surface of, or the whole surface of; hither and thither upon; throughout the whole extent of; as, to wander over the earth; to walk over a field, or over a city.
(prep.) Above; -- implying superiority in excellence, dignity, condition, or value; as, the advantages which the Christian world has over the heathen.
(prep.) Above in authority or station; -- implying government, direction, care, attention, guard, responsibility, etc.; -- opposed to under.
(prep.) Across or during the time of; from beginning to end of; as, to keep anything over night; to keep corn over winter.
(prep.) Above the perpendicular height or length of, with an idea of measurement; as, the water, or the depth of water, was over his head, over his shoes.
(prep.) Beyond; in excess of; in addition to; more than; as, it cost over five dollars.
(prep.) Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding; as, he triumphed over difficulties; the bill was passed over the veto.
(adv.) From one side to another; from side to side; across; crosswise; as, a board, or a tree, a foot over, i. e., a foot in diameter.
(adv.) From one person or place to another regarded as on the opposite side of a space or barrier; -- used with verbs of motion; as, to sail over to England; to hand over the money; to go over to the enemy.
(adv.) Also, with verbs of being: At, or on, the opposite side; as, the boat is over.
(adv.) From beginning to end; throughout the course, extent, or expanse of anything; as, to look over accounts, or a stock of goods; a dress covered over with jewels.
(adv.) From inside to outside, above or across the brim.
(adv.) Beyond a limit; hence, in excessive degree or quantity; superfluously; with repetition; as, to do the whole work over.
(adv.) In a manner to bring the under side to or towards the top; as, to turn (one's self) over; to roll a stone over; to turn over the leaves; to tip over a cart.
(adv.) At an end; beyond the limit of continuance; completed; finished.
(a.) Upper; covering; higher; superior; also, excessive; too much or too great; -- chiefly used in composition; as, overshoes, overcoat, over-garment, overlord, overwork, overhaste.
(n.) A certain number of balls (usually four) delivered successively from behind one wicket, after which the ball is bowled from behind the other wicket as many times, the fielders changing places.
Example Sentences:
Pullover
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Bennett looks smart as ever today – orange scarf, navy blue pullover, light blue shirt, green tie, tan suede shoes, all beautifully colour-coordinated.
(2) Only after training with a set of shirts that sampled the range of stimulus and response variation for "putting on pullover shirts" was successful generalization observed.
(3) "I've got nothing against him if he does a good job," said Wout Van Bavel, a retired businessman in the obligatory orange pullover and shirt.
(4) Performance across eight nontrained, probe shirts was used to assess generalization of the skill "putting on pullover shirts."
(5) He is said to have been dressed in multiple layers of clothing, including pullovers, although it is summer in Serbia.
(6) So please, don't ponder whether Scotland will keep one of England's old pullovers and wear it tearfully around the house on rainy Sundays, having learned her lesson after a brief and unsatisfactory liaison with a wealthy Nordic state.
(7) Comforting blankets, fabric toys or forcibly applied pullovers may cause initial inoculation.
(8) They see themselves as wholesome, Midwestern folks who just adore rooting on their Cardinals in red pullover sweatshirts.
(9) By this time, Freeman was widely known by his nickname "Fluff", apparently derived from his fondness for wearing a loose-fitting submariner's pullover given to him by his mother, Annie.
(10) The pullover shirt aid, the largest device, was stored in an adjoining playroom area.
(11) When Ante Gotovina, a Croatian general recently sentenced to 24 years for persecuting Serbs , arrived in Scheveningen in 2005, his erstwhile arch-enemy, the former Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic, lent him a pullover because he was cold, according to Ljube Boskovski who spent three years there before being acquitted of war crimes.
(12) She can be seen in photographs looking rather fetching in a pullover patterned with the flags of the European nations.
(13) @LengelDavid October 26, 2013 I predict we will see lots of shots of 60-year-old women with their hair in a bonnet wearing red Cardinals pullovers.
(14) And if I tell you its pupils wear grey blazers with red trim, ties and V-necked pullovers, stand in obedient lines waiting for teachers to lead them into classrooms, and sometimes learn Latin, you probably envisage a leafy suburban school, patronised by affluent white families from expensive detached houses.
(15) Reading his work earlier this month at a conference at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Murray cuts a formidable figure – "the fattest major English-language poet since the 20-stone Ben Jonson", as a critic once bluntly put it – sporting a voluminous pullover and alternately perching a scruffy baseball cap and his spectacles on his domed head.
(16) Tying a pullover around your waist to hide the soiled patch behind your uniform in case the tissue leaks is a dead giveaway.