What does overleap mean?

Definitions for overleap
ˌoʊ vərˈlipover·leap

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. overleapverb

    defeat (oneself) by going too far

  2. vault, overleapverb

    jump across or leap over (an obstacle)

  3. neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleapverb

    leave undone or leave out

    "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"

Wiktionary

  1. overleapverb

    To leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping.

  2. overleapverb

    To omit

  3. overleapverb

    To ignore

  4. Etymology: From oferhleápan

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Overleapverb

    To pass by a jump.

    Etymology: over and leap.

    A step
    On which I must fall down or else o’er-leap,
    For in my way it lies. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    In vain did nature’s wise command
    Divide the waters from the land;
    If daring ships and men prophane,
    Th’ eternal fences over-leap,
    And pass at will the boundless deep. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. overleap

    Overleap is a verb that generally means to jump or leap over something. It can also be used figuratively to refer to surpassing, ignoring, or skipping over something such as an obstacle, problem, or step in a process.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Overleap

    ō-vėr-lēp′, v.t. to leap over: to pass over without notice.—Overleap one's self, to make too much effort in leaping: to leap too far.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of overleap in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of overleap in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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