Meaning of overtop | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To be higher than; to rise over the top of.
   transitive
2. To place too many toppings on.
   transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“From thence we came without the Eaſtern gate, (ſtanding on a low Banke, called the daughter of Syon, that over-toppeth the valley of Iehoſaphat,) unto an immoveable ſtone, upon the which they ſaid St. Stephen was ſtoned to death, the firſt Martyr of the Chriſtian faith; and the faithfull fore-runner of many noble followers.”

“Nor was he content with thus strongly garrisoning the fort, but he likewise added exceedingly to its strength by furnishing it with a formidable battery of quaker guns—rearing a stupendous flag-staff in the centre which overtopped the whole city—and moreover by building a great windmill on one of the bastions.”

“There was a single birch tree that overtopped the other trees on the island, and was now picked out against the moon-drenched sky.”

“The U.S.A. has a mountain railway which overtops all in Switzerland for altitude, even the 11,333ft of the Jungfrau Railway.”

“[…] try to switch one off and current still leaks through, like water overtopping a levee.”

“to overtop a pizza”

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