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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tower above |
| Synonyms: | bestride, look down upon, loom over, overlie, overlook, overtop, stand over, survey |
| Antonyms: | be below |
| Main Entry: | overflow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pour out, flood |
| Synonyms: | brim, bubble over, cascade, cover, deluge, discharge, drain, drown, engulf, fall over, gush, inundate, irrupt, issue, jet, leak, overbrim, overrun, overtop, pour, run over, rush, shed, shower, slop, slosh, soak, spill, spill over, spout, spray, spurt, squirt, submerge, surge, swamp, water, wave, well, well over, wet, whelm |
| Main Entry: | overhang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bulge, hang over |
| Synonyms: | be imminent, be suspended, beetle, cast a shadow, command, dangle over, droop over, endanger, extend, flap over, impend, jut, loom, menace, overtop, poke, portend, pouch, project, protrude, rise above, stand out, stick out, swing over, threaten, tower above |
| Main Entry: | overlook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have a view of something |
| Synonyms: | afford a view, command, command a view, dominate, front on, give on, give upon, have a prospect of, inspect, look down, look out, look out on, look over, mount, oversee, overtop, soar above, surmount, survey, top, tower over, view, watch over |
| Notes: | overlook (verb) means to look past or fail to notice, while oversee (verb) means to watch and direct |
| Main Entry: | surmount |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overcome, triumph over |
| Synonyms: | best, better, cap, clear, conquer, crest, crown, defeat, down, exceed, hurdle, leap, lick*, negotiate, outdo, outstrip, over, overpower, overtop, pass, prevail over, rise above, subdue, surpass, throw*, top*, vanquish, vault |
| Antonyms: | give in, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rise above |
| Synonyms: | ascend, be above, dominate, exceed, extend above, look down, look over, loom, mount, overlook, overtop, rear, soar, surmount, surpass, top, transcend |
| Main Entry: | transcend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go beyond; surpass |
| Synonyms: | be superior, beat, best, better, eclipse, exceed, excel, go above, leave behind, leave in the dust, outdo, outrival, outshine, outstrip, outvie, overstep, overtop, rise above, top, transform |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose |
| Main Entry: | tower above |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dominate |
| Synonyms: | bestride, command, look down upon, loom over, overlie, overlook, overtop, stand over, survey |
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