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overroof en · ADJ

Etymology

From over- + roof.

Meanings

  1. Conducted over rooftops.
    • For a square or two he ran swiftly; then he turned into a little all-night café and in the lavatory removed the evidences of his over-roof promenade from hands and clothes. When he emerged a few moments later it was to saunter slowly on toward his apartments. 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “What Happened in the Rue Maule”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 40:

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most overroof Degree=Sup lexicographic
over-roof alternative lexicographic
more overroof Degree=Cmp lexicographic

overroof en · NOUN

Etymology

From over- + roof.

Meanings

  1. A roof constructed above another roof.
    • Our contractor came to us fresh from putting an overroof (raised on 2 x 4 furring) on another old stone house. That house had had a standing-seam metal roof to which someone had stuck foam insulation; replacing the metal would have meant sacrificing the insulation. 1988, Old-House Journal, volume 16, number 5, page 51:

Forms

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over-roof alternative lexicographic
overroofs Number=Plur lexicographic

overroof en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + roof.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To construct a roof above (an existing roof or structure).
  2. (poetic, transitive) To cover like a roof.

Forms

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overroofs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
over-roof alternative lexicographic
overroofing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overroofed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overroofed Tense=Past lexicographic