OVERTOP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected forms: overtopped , overtopping

Present simple: I / you / we / they overtop ... he / she / it overtops

Past simple: overtopped

Past participle: overtopped

-ing form: overtopping

Meaning:

Look down on

Example:

The villa dominates the town

Synonyms:

command; dominate; overlook; overtop

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "overtop" is one way to...):

lie (be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overtop"):

dwarf; overshadow; shadow (make appear small by comparison)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something