"overbreak" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: overbreaks [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English *overbreken, from Old English oferbrecan (“to transgress, violate”), equivalent to over- + break. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|*overbreken}} Middle English *overbreken, {{der|en|ang|oferbrecan||to transgress, violate}} Old English oferbrecan (“to transgress, violate”), {{prefix|en|over|break}} over- + break Head templates: {{en-noun}} overbreak (plural overbreaks)
  1. (civil engineering, geology) Rock or earth excavated beyond the planned extent; caving in of material near the edge of an excavation. Categories (topical): Geology Related terms: underbreak
    Sense id: en-overbreak-en-noun-nqjusA-5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 23 28 Topics: civil-engineering, engineering, geography, geology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Verb

Forms: overbreaks [present, singular, third-person], overbreaking [participle, present], overbroke [past], overbroken [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English *overbreken, from Old English oferbrecan (“to transgress, violate”), equivalent to over- + break. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|*overbreken}} Middle English *overbreken, {{der|en|ang|oferbrecan||to transgress, violate}} Old English oferbrecan (“to transgress, violate”), {{prefix|en|over|break}} over- + break Head templates: {{en-verb|overbreaks|overbreaking|overbroke|overbroken}} overbreak (third-person singular simple present overbreaks, present participle overbreaking, simple past overbroke, past participle overbroken)
  1. (intransitive) To cave in near the edge of an excavation. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-overbreak-en-verb-114cqa2l
  2. (transitive, UK dialectal) To get over; recover from. Tags: UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-overbreak-en-verb-6otYVKa~ Categories (other): British English, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 22 24 53

Inflected forms

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