o'er

/ɔɹ/

adv 1prep 1

Collocations

ADJ.

clear, dead, fruitless, highest, long, main, near, roof-top

VERB + O'ER

beetling, frowned, give, ground, looking, passing, shone, wave

O'ER + NOUN

battlements, city, leagues, midmost, thy, town

ADV.

lightly

Definitions

adv

Contraction of over

prep

Contraction of over

We see him now — the old slouched hat cocked o’er his eye askew, The shrewd, dry smile, the speech so pat, so calm, so blunt, so true.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adverb — throughout a period of time

over

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

We see him now — the old slouched hat cocked o’er his eye askew, The shrewd, dry smile, the speech so pat, so calm, so blunt, so true.

Wiktionary

Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

Tatoeba · #437469

Hour after hour in hope he bore,nor might his soul its faith give o'er; nor could the tyrant's scorn deriding, steal from that faith one thought confiding!

Tatoeba · #1917705

The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead.

Tatoeba · #6399615

So sank the furious wave, / when through the clear sky looking o'er the main, / the sea-king lashed his steeds and slacked the favouring rein.

Tatoeba · #6783720

They by the path their forward steps pursued, / and climbed a hill, whose fronting summit frowned / steep o'er the town.

Tatoeba · #6789606

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, o'er is marked as literary. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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