Associations to the word «Overleap»

Wiktionary

OVERLEAP, verb. (transitive) To leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping. [from 8th c.]
OVERLEAP, verb. (transitive) To pass over; to omit, leave out. [from 10th c.]

Dictionary definition

OVERLEAP, verb. Defeat (oneself) by going too far.
OVERLEAP, verb. Jump across or leap over (an obstacle).
OVERLEAP, verb. Leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley