overfly en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English fly English overfly From over- + fly.
Meanings
-
To fly over something.
My family planned to take pictures from the ground as I overflew them in the hot air balloon.
In the canopy, friendly birds (not the desperate, demented scavengers that sometimes overflew the plains) chirped and laboured on their nests.
2017, Hernan Diaz, In the Distance, Daunt Books (2018), page 193:
-
To fly too far past something.
The small size of the airstrip meant that pilots would frequently overfly and have to circle back.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overflying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overflown | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overflew | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overflies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
Translations (5)
it sorvolare (fly over something) · de überfliegen (fly over something) · pt sobrevoar (fly over something) · es sobrevolar (fly over something) · fr survoler (fly over something)