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overhie

UK/əʊvəˈhʌɪ/

overhie verb: to overtake; to catch up with.

Verb

overhie (third-person singular simple present overhies, present participle overhying, simple past and past participle overhied)

  1. (Scotland) To overtake; to catch up with.
    • I disencumbered myself by main force, and fled, but he overhied me, knocked me down, and threatened, with dreadful oaths, to throw me from the cliff.1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

Forms of overhie

third-person singular presentoverhies
present participleoverhying
past participleoverhied
pastoverhied

Origin of overhie

From over- + hie.

Questions about overhie

What does overhie mean?
Overhie means to overtake; to catch up with.
What part of speech is overhie?
Overhie is a verb.
How do you pronounce overhie?
Overhie is pronounced /əʊvəˈhʌɪ/ (UK).
What is the past tense of overhie?
The past tense of overhie is overhied.

Words near overhie in the dictionary

  1. overhending
  2. overhends
  3. overhent
  4. overhenting
  5. overhents
  6. overhie
  7. overhied
  8. overhigh
  9. overhighly
  10. overhip
  11. overhire

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