overmount en · ADJ
Etymology
From over- + mount. Compare surmount.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Mounted over something else.
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
overmount en · NOUN
Etymology
From over- + mount. Compare surmount.
Meanings
- A piece of shaped cardboard used to prevent the glass of the frame from lying too closely upon an engraving or a picture.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overmounts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
overmount en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + mount. Compare surmount.
Meanings
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(transitive) To tower over; to go or rise higher than.
the pretty purple ground-nut, which, despising its name, overmounts the tallest shrubs
1845, Sylvester Judd, Margaret: a Tale of Real and Ideal:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overmounts | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overmounted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overmounted | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overmounting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |