over
/ˈoʊ̯.vɚ/ noun C2- A set of six legal balls bowled. · Jones hit four boundaries in the first over.
- Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
- Something having an excess of a particular property. · I went fishing but caught mostly overs.· In today's golf tournament we recorded three unders and twenty overs.
- A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such as points scored in a game, will be above a certain stated value.
Plural overs
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Off to the left were the big barns and beyond them, away down over green, low-sloping fields, was a sparkling blue glimpse of sea.
The apartment destined for the purpose was spacious and lighted by a number of windows, over each of which was written in golden letters for some inexplicable reason the name of one of the principal cities of France; beneath these windows a wooden balcony extended the entire length of the house.
When the young man on board saw this person approach, he left his station by the pilot, and, hat in hand, leaned over the ship’s bulwarks.
A cloud passed over Danglars’ brow.
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