oversail
UK/əʊvəˈseɪl/US/oʊvəɹˈseɪl/
oversail verb: to project from a structure above (something); to overhang.
Verb
oversail (third-person singular simple present oversails, present participle oversailing, simple past and past participle oversailed)
Noun
UK/ˈəʊvəseɪl/US/ˈoʊvəɹseɪl/
oversail (plural oversails)
- The projection of something from a structure.
Forms of oversail
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | oversails |
| present participle | oversailing |
| past participle | oversailed |
| past | oversailed |
| Noun | |
| plural | oversails |
Origin of oversail
From over- + sail.
Deverbal.
Words that rhyme with oversail
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- veil
- pale
- avail
- wale
- whale
- bail
- hail
- yale
- bale
- snail
- travail
- brail
- exhale
- frail
- jail
- prevail
- swale
- vail
- wail
- derail
- dwale
- entail
- flail
- Gail
- gayle
- impale
- kale
- quail
- regale
- spale
- thumbnail
- white whale
- ale
- curtail
- drail
- gale
- inhale
- retail
- shale
- tael
- unveil
- ail
- all hail
- assail
- ayel
- beyond the pale
- braille
- cakes and ale
Questions about oversail
- What does oversail mean?
- Oversail means to project from a structure above (something); to overhang.
- What part of speech is oversail?
- Oversail can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce oversail?
- Oversail is pronounced /əʊvəˈseɪl/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of oversail?
- The past tense of oversail is oversailed.
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