overpass
About 0.17 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A section of a road or path that crosses over an obstacle, especially another road, railway, etc.
The homeless man had built a little shelter, complete with cook-stove, beneath a concrete overpass.
- verb To pass above something, as when flying or moving on a higher road.
Gillian watched the overpassing shoppers on the second floor of the mall, as she relaxed in the bench on the ground floor.
- verb To exceed, overstep, or transcend a limit, threshold, or goal.
Marshall was really overpassing his authority when he ordered the security guards to fire their tasers at the trespassers.
- verb To disregard, skip, or miss something.
Similar words
flypast flyover footbridge crosswalk viaduct crossing boardwalk bridgehead bridge causeway
Often followed by
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Word family
overpassed overpasses overpassing
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