Associations to the word «Overtake»
Noun
- Oblivion
- Sloop
- Tortoise
- Button
- Carriage
- Caravan
- Storm
- Uneasiness
- Popularity
- Sledge
- Speed
- Mercedes
- Outsider
- Disgrace
- Rival
- Rossi
- Wrath
- Darkness
- Sickness
- Travelling
- Exporter
- Hound
- Diligence
- Irvine
- Sooner
- Coughing
- Slew
- Camel
- Speeding
- Voyager
- Hurry
- Reckoning
- Frenchman
- Clinch
- Cornwallis
- Perceiving
- Velocity
- Comrade
- Driver
- Shower
- Pug
- Wagon
- Blackness
- Thicket
- Gunboat
- Harlow
- Baggage
- Foe
- Gdp
- Sadness
- Newscast
- Pau
- Twilight
- Nokia
- Reverse
- Oar
- Sorrow
- Rear
- Landlady
- Panic
- Orc
Adjective
Wiktionary
OVERTAKE, verb. To pass a more slowly moving object.
OVERTAKE, verb. To catch up with, but not pass, a more slowly moving vehicle, animal etc.
OVERTAKE, verb. (economics) To become greater than something else
OVERTAKE, verb. To occur unexpectedly; take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away
Dictionary definition
OVERTAKE, verb. Catch up with and possibly overtake; "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp".
OVERTAKE, verb. Travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks".
OVERTAKE, verb. Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.