Meanings
adjectiveall-over (not comparable)
alternative allover
- not comparableOver 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
nounall-over (plural all-overs)
plural all-overs · alternative allover
- A suntan that covers the entire body, as achieved by sunbathing in the nude.
Origin
- Middle Englishalover
- Englishall-over
From Middle English alover. By surface analysis, all + over.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German vollflächig, flächendeckend
- vollflächigover the whole area or extent
- flächendeckendover the whole area or extent
- vollständigover the whole area or extent
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