"overbuild" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "underbuild"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "overbuilder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "over",
        "3": "build"
      },
      "expansion": "over- + build",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From over- + build.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "overbuilds",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overbuilding",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overbuilt",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overbuilt",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "overbuilds",
        "2": "overbuilding",
        "3": "overbuilt"
      },
      "expansion": "overbuild (third-person singular simple present overbuilds, present participle overbuilding, simple past and past participle overbuilt)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 8 32 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "c. 1962, Philip Larkin on John Betjeman\nHow much more interesting & worth writing about Betjeman's subjects are than most other modern poets, I mean, whether so-and-so achieves some metaphysical inner unity is not really so interesting to us as the overbuilding' of rural Middlesex."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To perform excessive construction on a building or in an area."
      ],
      "id": "en-overbuild-en-verb-sBtGrRX0",
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "construction",
          "construction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To perform excessive construction on a building or in an area."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "71 3 17 9",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prezastrojavam",
          "sense": "to perform excessive construction",
          "word": "презастроявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 3 17 9",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to perform excessive construction",
          "word": "liikarakentaa"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 33 24 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with over-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The architect wanted to overbuild the restaurant on top of an office."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To build over or on top of another structure."
      ],
      "id": "en-overbuild-en-verb-ohl7mAIv",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To build over or on top of another structure."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "6 76 11 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nadstrojavam",
          "sense": "To build on top of another structure.",
          "word": "надстроявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 76 11 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To build on top of another structure.",
          "word": "rakentaa päälle"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 8 32 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To build with excessive size or elaboration."
      ],
      "id": "en-overbuild-en-verb-5SEi1VsV",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To build with excessive size or elaboration."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 8 32 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To construct more buildings than necessary in an area."
      ],
      "id": "en-overbuild-en-verb-xmU7XfC8",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To construct more buildings than necessary in an area."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "overbuild"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "underbuild"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms prefixed with over-",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "overbuilder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "over",
        "3": "build"
      },
      "expansion": "over- + build",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From over- + build.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "overbuilds",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overbuilding",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overbuilt",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overbuilt",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "overbuilds",
        "2": "overbuilding",
        "3": "overbuilt"
      },
      "expansion": "overbuild (third-person singular simple present overbuilds, present participle overbuilding, simple past and past participle overbuilt)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "c. 1962, Philip Larkin on John Betjeman\nHow much more interesting & worth writing about Betjeman's subjects are than most other modern poets, I mean, whether so-and-so achieves some metaphysical inner unity is not really so interesting to us as the overbuilding' of rural Middlesex."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To perform excessive construction on a building or in an area."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "construction",
          "construction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To perform excessive construction on a building or in an area."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The architect wanted to overbuild the restaurant on top of an office."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To build over or on top of another structure."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To build over or on top of another structure."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To build with excessive size or elaboration."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To build with excessive size or elaboration."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To construct more buildings than necessary in an area."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To construct more buildings than necessary in an area."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prezastrojavam",
      "sense": "to perform excessive construction",
      "word": "презастроявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to perform excessive construction",
      "word": "liikarakentaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nadstrojavam",
      "sense": "To build on top of another structure.",
      "word": "надстроявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To build on top of another structure.",
      "word": "rakentaa päälle"
    }
  ],
  "word": "overbuild"
}