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all-over en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English alover. By surface analysis, all + over.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Over the whole area or extent.
   • Charing Cross station of the old South-Eastern Railway differed much in appearance from that of today, as it had an arched all-over roof, which collapsed some nine years later and was replaced by the present one. 1939 June, T. R. Perkins, “My Red-Letter Day - II”, in Railway Magazine, page 399:

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Translations (5)

de vollflächig (over the whole area or extent) · wa totavå (over the whole area or extent) · de vollständig (over the whole area or extent) · de flächendeckend (over the whole area or extent) · wa pattavå (over the whole area or extent)

all-over en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English alover. By surface analysis, all + over.

Meanings

1. A suntan that covers the entire body, as achieved by sunbathing in the nude.

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