overside
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈsaɪd/
Adjective
overside (not comparable)
- Located or positioned over the side, especially of a ship.
- overside cargo
- 1945 January and February, T. F. Cameron, “Dock Working”, in Railway Magazine, page 9:
- It is, of course, possible to work only to or from lighters in this way, and such working is not very general in this country, although a certain amount of such overside work is carried on in enclosed docks.
- On the opposite side.
Adverb
overside (not comparable)
- Over the side.
- The cargo was dumped overside by the crew.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌsaɪd/
Noun
overside (plural oversides)
- The side facing up or positioned above; the topside; surface.
- 1882, English mechanic and world of science: Volume 34 - Page 547:
- […] that is, glued to the underside of one card and the overside of the next, thus keeping their edges close and parallel to each other, […]
- 1981, Berit Wells, Opuscula Romana XIII: Volume 13:
- While the overside of the tiles was well smoothed, the underside was in general left crude and rough.
- 1999, Pynchon notes: Issues 40-41:
- This chapter contains some of the most humorous writing on the overside of the narrative, and the most serious on the underside.
- 1882, English mechanic and world of science: Volume 34 - Page 547:
- The reverse or opposite side of something.
- the overside of the record
Antonyms
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
overside f or m (definite singular oversida or oversiden, indefinite plural oversider, definite plural oversidene)
Antonyms
References
- “overside” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
overside f (definite singular oversida, indefinite plural oversider, definite plural oversidene)
Antonyms
References
- “overside” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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