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Definition: OVERFALL |
OVERFALLNoun1. A turbulent surface of water, caused by strong currents setting over submerged ridges; also, a dangerous submerged ridge or shoal. 2. A cataract; a waterfall. |
Date "OVERFALL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1870. (references) |
"OVERFALL" is a common misspelling or typo for: overall, overcall, overfill, overfull. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Geography | The flow of water over the crest of a hydraulic structure. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | A structure over or through which excess flood waters are discharged. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: OVERFALL |
| English words defined with "OVERFALL": Tumbling bay. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "OVERFALL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | бързей (purl, rapids, riffle, rip, shoot), преливник (lasher, overflow, sink, sluice, spillway). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ouvrage de décharge (overflow), déversoir de crues (overflow), déversement (overflow, overspill, overtopping), évacuateur de crue (overflow), évacuateur (overflow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Hochwasserentlastungsanlage (overflow, spillway), Hochwasserüberlauf (overflow, spillway), Überlauf (overflow, overrun, spillway), Überfall (aggression). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bukóhullám (breaker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | opera di scarico (overflow, sluice, spillway, tailrace), tracimazione (outflanking, overflow, overtopping, spill, spillover), stramazzo per le piene (overflow, spillway), stramazzo (overflow, overflow structure, spill, spillover, spillway, spillway section, weir), sfioratore (spillway), scarico di piena (overflow, spillway), scaricatore di piena (flood water spillway, overflow, spillway). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | overfallay escoadouro (gully), catarata (cataract, waterfall), cachoeira (cataract, Linn, rapids, waterfall), além do limite. (various references) водослив (lasher, spillway), быстрина (rapids, riptide). (various references) slap (cascade, chute, riffle, waterfall), prelivnik (spillway), greben (card, comb, crag, crest, mull, reef, ridge, ripple, skerry), brzak (linn, rapids). (various references) vorágine (maelstrom). (various references) водозлив (overflow, overflow-dike, spillway), бистрінь (riffle), бистрина (rapid). (various references) đập tr n (spillway). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-l-l-o-r-v" | |
-1 letter: allover, overall. | |
-2 letters: faller, flavor, florae, floral, foveal, loafer, loreal, refall. | |
-3 letters: afore, farle, favor, fella, feral, flare, flora, fovea, laevo, laver, loral, lover, ravel, valor, velar, volar. | |
-4 letters: aero, alef, aloe, arvo, aver, earl, fall, fare, farl, faro, fave, feal, fear, fell, flea, floe, foal, fora, fore, frae, froe, lave, leaf, leal, lear. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-l-l-o-r-v" | |
+2 letters: cloverleaf, flavorless. | |
+3 letters: cloverleafs, severalfold. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 56 45 52 46 41 4C 4C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- ...- . .-. ..-. .- .-.. .-.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01010110 01000101 01010010 01000110 01000001 01001100 01001100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O V E R F A L L |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0056 0045 0052 0046 0041 004C 004C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4956395240354646 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | български, български език, българин, bulgare, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | френски език, френски, français, französisch, francia, francese, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, allemand, német, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, hongrois, Ungar, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, italien, italienisch, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugais, portugiesisch, portugál, portoghese, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, Russe, russisch, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | испански език, испански, espagnol, spanisch, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | украинец, украински език, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ukrán, ucraino, ucraniano, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | английски език, английски, англичаните, anglais, englisch, angol, inglese, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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