oversize

comparative more oversize · superlative most oversize

1. Larger than normal.
2. Excessively large.

   Volleyball jerseys are formfitting and cute—unlike the oversize basketball or football ones.

   2009, Debbie Rigaud, chapter 2, in Perfect Shot (The Romantic Comedies), New York, N.Y.: Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 18

present singular third person oversizes · participle present oversizing · participle past oversized · past oversized

1. transitiveTo exceed in size.
2. transitiveTo make larger, or too large.
3. obsoletetransitiveTo cover with size or gluey matter.

   o'er-siz'd with coagulate gore

   c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]

plural oversizes

1. automotiveThe increased size of the bore of an engine when it is rebored.

   However, any increase in capacity is useful and, if an engine is worn and needs a rebore, it's worth considering boring to a near maximum size rather than simply having it bored to the next oversize.

   2005, Daniel Stapleton, How to Plan and Build a Fast Road Car, page 14

   1 more example

   Have your local machine shop rebore the cylinders to the next nearest oversize and supply new pistons and rings to suit. Recommended rebore oversizes go up in increments of 0.25mm/0.010 inch. If the engine's already been rebored, you'll usually be able to find the oversize stamped in the piston crowns.

   2006, Rod Grainger, Pete Shoemark, Mazda MX-5 Miata 1.8 1993 to 1999: Enthuasiast Workshop Manual