"overbuild" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overbuilds [present, singular, third-person], overbuilding [participle, present], overbuilt [participle, past], overbuilt [past]
Etymology: From over- + build. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|build}} over- + build Head templates: {{en-verb|overbuilds|overbuilding|overbuilt}} overbuild (third-person singular simple present overbuilds, present participle overbuilding, simple past and past participle overbuilt)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To perform excessive construction on a building or in an area. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to perform excessive construction): презастроявам (prezastrojavam) (Bulgarian), liikarakentaa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-overbuild-en-verb-sBtGrRX0 Disambiguation of 'to perform excessive construction': 82 0 6 12
  2. (transitive) To build over or on top of another structure. Tags: transitive Translations (To build on top of another structure.): надстроявам (nadstrojavam) (Bulgarian), rakentaa päälle (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-overbuild-en-verb-ohl7mAIv Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 19 38 19 24 Disambiguation of 'To build on top of another structure.': 3 81 8 8
  3. (transitive) To build with excessive size or elaboration. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overbuild-en-verb-5SEi1VsV
  4. (intransitive) To construct more buildings than necessary in an area. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-overbuild-en-verb-xmU7XfC8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 6 18 60 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 15 19 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 11 22 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 8 11 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 10 15 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 10 16 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: overbuilder

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To build with excessive size or elaboration."
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      "sense": "to perform excessive construction",
      "word": "презастроявам"
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      "sense": "to perform excessive construction",
      "word": "liikarakentaa"
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      "roman": "nadstrojavam",
      "sense": "To build on top of another structure.",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To build on top of another structure.",
      "word": "rakentaa päälle"
    }
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