英和和英

語源

over- +‎ float

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈfləʊt/

動詞

overfloat (三人称単数 現在形 overfloats, 現在分詞 overfloating, 過去形および過去分詞形 overfloated)

1. (archaic) To overflow.
   • 1654, John Bate, The Mysteryes of Nature, and Art; conteined in foure seuerall Tretises

     Sundry Fields and Meddowes there are, that are usually overfloated a long time together

2. To float above
   • 2010, Samuel Hazo, Like a Man Gone Mad

     It's hidden in the perfect overfloating clouds and less than perfect trees whose branches interrupt the sky.

参照

overfloat in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

アナグラム

• floatover