overside

English

Etymology 1

1880, from the phraseover the side (of a ship),equivalent toover+‎side.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈsaɪd/

Adjective

overside(notcomparable)

1. Located or positioned over the side, especially of aship.

   oversidecargo

   • 1945January and February, T. F. Cameron, “Dock Working”, inRailway Magazine,page 9:

     It is, of course, possible to work only to or from lighters in this way, and such working is not very general in this country, although a certain amount of suchoversidework is carried on in enclosed docks.

2. On theoppositeside.

Adverb

overside(notcomparable)

1. Over the side.

   The cargo was dumpedoversideby the crew.

   • 1897,Rudyard Kipling,Captains Courageous:

     Then the caplin moved off, and five minutes later there was no sound except the splash of the sinkersoverside,the flapping of the cod, and the whack of the muckles as the men stunned them.

Etymology 2

Fromover-+‎side.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌsaɪd/

Noun

overside(pluraloversides)

1. Thesidefacing up or positioned above; thetopside;surface.
   • 1882,Englishmechanicandworldofscience:Volume 34 - Page 547:

     […]that is, glued to the underside of one card and theoversideof the next, thus keeping their edges close and parallel to each other,[…]

   • 1981,Berit Wells,Opuscula Romana XIII: Volume 13:

     While theoversideof the tiles was well smoothed, the underside was in general left crude and rough.

   • 1999,Pynchon notes: Issues 40-41:

     This chapter contains some of the most humorous writing on theoversideof the narrative, and the most serious on the underside.

2. Thereverseoroppositeside.

   theoversideof the record

Antonyms

• underside

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Fromover-+‎side.

Noun

oversideform(definite singularoversidaoroversiden,indefinite pluraloversider,definite pluraloversidene)

1. upper side,topside

Antonyms

• underside

References

• “overside”inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Fromover-+‎side.

Noun

oversidef(definite singularoversida,indefinite pluraloversider,definite pluraloversidene)

1. upper side,topside

Antonyms

• underside

References

• “overside”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.