English words starting with ove

Meanings of Oven:

noun

An enclosed compartment, usually part of a cooker, for cooking and heating food.

Usage examples:

Bake the dish in a preheated oven

Meanings of Oven-ready:

adjective

Sold already prepared for cooking

Usage examples:

An oven-ready chicken

Meanings of Ovenbird:

noun

A small, drab tropical american bird belonging to a diverse family, many members of which make domed nests of mud.

Usage examples:

Suboscines, which include flycatchers, ant-birds, woodcreepers, and ovenbirds, are now diverse in t…

Meanings of Ovenbirds:

noun

A small, drab tropical american bird belonging to a diverse family, many members of which make domed nests of mud.

Usage examples:

Suboscines, which include flycatchers, ant-birds, woodcreepers, and ovenbirds, are now diverse in t…

Meanings of Ovened:

adjective

Dried up, shrivelled.

Meanings of Ovenproof:

adjective

Able to be used in an oven

Usage examples:

Is this dish ovenproof?

Meanings of Ovens:

noun

An enclosed compartment, usually part of a cooker, for cooking and heating food.

Usage examples:

Bake the dish in a preheated oven

Meanings of Ovenware:

noun

Dishes that can be used for cooking food in the oven.

Usage examples:

There, he was dazzled by stores filled with ‘beautiful, heavy copper pots and pans, white-porcelain…

Meanings of Ovenwares:

noun

Dishes that can be used for cooking food in the oven.

Usage examples:

There, he was dazzled by stores filled with ‘beautiful, heavy copper pots and pans, white-porcelain…

Meanings of Over:

preposition

Extending directly upwards from.

Usage examples:

I saw flames over berlin

noun

Expressing passage or trajectory across an area.

Usage examples:

He leant over and tapped me on the hand

prefix

Excessively; to an unwanted degree.

Usage examples:

Overambitious

Beyond the top or upper surface or edge

Meanings of Over my dead body:

phrase

Used to emphasize that one completely opposes something.

Usage examples:

She moves into our home over my dead body

idiom

If you say something will happen over your dead body, you mean that you will do everything you can to prevent it

Usage examples:

"joe says he's going to buy a motorbike." "over my dead body!"

Meanings of Over one’s head:

idiom

To speak to or ask permission from someone who has more authority than the person who you would normally go to in that situation

Usage examples:

Amanda was refusing to give me the week off so i went over her head and spoke to the boss.

Meanings of Over the hill:

phrase

Old and past one's best.

Usage examples:

A once famous ballerina, now over the hill

idiom

No longer able to do something well because of age

Usage examples:

I don’t think of myself as being over the hill yet.

Meanings of Over-a:

phrasal verb

To give something or someone that you control to someone else

Usage examples:

Eventually he turned over control of the company to his son., they are identifying the guilty and t…

Meanings of Over-again:

phrase

If you do something all over again, you start again from the beginning

Usage examples:

It's already taken me two hours - i don't want to have to do it all over again., after the accident…

Meanings of Over-and:

adverb

Repeating many times

Usage examples:

We have to explain the same thing over and over before he understands.

Meanings of Over-and-above:

phrase

In addition to

Usage examples:

They receive extra money over and above the usual welfare payments., they do random searches and pa…

Meanings of Over-and-done-with:

phrase

Completely finished

Usage examples:

She gets unpleasant tasks over and done with as quickly as possible., i knew i had to talk to jack …

Meanings of Over-and-over:

adverb

Repeating many times

Usage examples:

We have to explain the same thing over and over before he understands.

Meanings of Over-and-over-again:

idiom

Happening or done many times

Usage examples:

I read the article over and over till it made sense.

Meanings of Over-bright:

adjective

Too full of light

Usage examples:

In some places, residents are disturbed by over-bright street lighting., the more vivid colours are…

Meanings of Over-elaborate:

adjective

Containing too much careful detail or too many detailed parts

Usage examples:

The book is spoiled by over-elaborate writing., he refused most of the overelaborate meal, saying t…

Meanings of Over-elaboration:

noun

The addition of too much information, too much careful detail, or too many detailed parts

Usage examples:

In my opinion, his new song suffers from over-elaboration., she manages to avoid any literary overe…

Meanings of Over-embellished:

verb

To add too many details to something, usually in an effort to make it better, or more interesting or exciting

Usage examples:

Don't overembellish your skills or experience on your cv., i have a tendency to over-embellish with…

Meanings of Over-emotional:

adjective

Having feelings that are too strong, or expressing feelings in too strong a way

Usage examples:

I didn't tell her because she always reacts in an over-emotional way., i remember a meeting the eve…