overfall

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A turbulent section of a body of water, caused by strong currents passing over submerged ridges.
2. Part of a garment that hangs so as to cover a lower part.

Verb

1. (transitive) To fall on or spill over so as to cover (something).
2. (transitive) To change or affect so as to pervade (something); to come over
3. (intransitive) To fall over; to spill from an edge or height.
4. (intransitive) To fall over; to topple.

sinonimi

spill way

flooding

invade

overflowing

overrun

rip

run-out

sluice

weir

flow-off

weir waste

spill current

overflow port

bye-wash

bye channel

effluence

diver-sion cut

Traduzioni

καταρράκτης

ύφαλος

سطح مضطرب

caerse

tropezar con algo

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈəʊvəfɔːl/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: overfallen

Ereditato da inglese antico: oferfeallan

Affine olandese: overvallen

Affine tedesco: überfallen

Affine svedese: överfalla

In summary

From Middle English overfallen, from Old English oferfeallan (“to fall upon, attack”), from Proto-West Germanic *obarfallan, *ubirfallan, from Proto-Germanic *ubirfallaną; equivalent to over- + fall. Cognate with Dutch overvallen (“to raid, overtake”), German überfallen (“to assault, attack, raid”), Swedish överfalla (“to attack”).