over
/ˈoʊ̯.vɚ/ adjective A1- Finished; ended; concluded. · The show isn't over until the fat lady sings.· The strawberries are over now. I picked the last few yesterday.
- Of a flower: wilting or withering.
- Hopeless; irrecoverable. · We're keeping our marriage going for the sake of the kids, but really it's over.
- Visiting one's home or other location. · My sister's over for the week.
- Having surmounted an obstacle. · The horse struggled at that fence, but it's over.
- Having an excess in a particular respect. · This steak is well over. (overcooked)· We had some complaints about short weight, so now we make sure that all our bags of potatoes are a bit over. (overweight)
- Surplus to requirements. · I made 20 cakes, but I only need 18, so there are two over.
- Of a wrestler: generating a reaction from fans.
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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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