"overleap" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /oʊvərˈliːp/ [US], /əʊvəˈliːp/ [UK] Forms: overleaps [present, singular, third-person], overleaping [participle, present], overleaped [participle, past], overleaped [past], overleapt [participle, past], overleapt [past]
Etymology: From Middle English overlepen, from Old English oferhlēapan, equivalent to over- + leap. Compare Dutch overlopen (“to spill over; overflow”), German überlaufen (“to overrun; overflow”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|overlepen}} Middle English overlepen, {{inh|en|ang|oferhlēapan}} Old English oferhlēapan, {{prefix|en|over|leap}} over- + leap, {{cog|nl|overlopen|t=to spill over; overflow}} Dutch overlopen (“to spill over; overflow”), {{cog|de|überlaufen|t=to overrun; overflow}} German überlaufen (“to overrun; overflow”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=overleapt|past_ptc2=overleapt}} overleap (third-person singular simple present overleaps, present participle overleaping, simple past and past participle overleaped or overleapt)
  1. (transitive) To leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overleap-en-verb-iTXGfFQJ
  2. (transitive) To pass over; to omit, leave out. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overleap-en-verb-t3w111CN Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 31 48 20
  3. (dated, reflexive) To make too much effort in leaping; to leap too far. Tags: dated, reflexive
    Sense id: en-overleap-en-verb-dl-K8qXw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 21 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: o'erleap [contraction, literary]

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