"overproof" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /(ˌ)əʊvəˈpɹuːf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌoʊvɚˈpɹuf/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overproof.wav [Southern-England]
enPR: ō'vər-pro͞of′ Rhymes: -uːf Etymology: over- + proof. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|proof}} over- + proof Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} overproof (not comparable)
  1. Possessing a higher proportion of alcohol than proof spirit. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Alcoholic beverages Synonyms: above proof, OP [abbreviation]
    Sense id: en-overproof-en-adj-p43x~n2b Disambiguation of Alcoholic beverages: 42 39 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with over-, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 46 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 46 6 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 41 36 23 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 45 7 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 48 44 8

Noun

IPA: /(ˌ)əʊvəˈpɹuːf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌoʊvɚˈpɹuf/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overproof.wav [Southern-England] Forms: overproofs [plural]
enPR: ō'vər-pro͞of′ Rhymes: -uːf Etymology: over- + proof. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|proof}} over- + proof Head templates: {{en-noun}} overproof (plural overproofs)
  1. A spirit possessing a higher proportion of alcohol than proof spirit. Categories (topical): Alcoholic beverages
    Sense id: en-overproof-en-noun-AymU13C0 Disambiguation of Alcoholic beverages: 42 39 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with over-, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 46 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 46 6 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 41 36 23 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 45 7 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 48 44 8

Verb

IPA: /(ˌ)əʊvəˈpɹuːf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌoʊvɚˈpɹuf/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overproof.wav [Southern-England] Forms: overproofs [present, singular, third-person], overproofing [participle, present], overproofed [participle, past], overproofed [past]
enPR: ō'vər-pro͞of′ Rhymes: -uːf Etymology: over- + proof. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|proof}} over- + proof Head templates: {{en-verb}} overproof (third-person singular simple present overproofs, present participle overproofing, simple past and past participle overproofed)
  1. (transitive, baking) To proof (allow dough containing yeast to rise) excessively. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Baking, Alcoholic beverages Synonyms: overprove Translations (to proof excessively): daşmaq (Azerbaijani)
    Sense id: en-overproof-en-verb-kobqEV50 Disambiguation of Alcoholic beverages: 42 39 18 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 41 36 23 Topics: baking, cooking, food, lifestyle

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          "ref": "1922 November 25, A[rthur] M[urray] Chisholm, “A Thousand a Plate”, in Western Story Magazine, volume XXX, number 4, New York, N.Y.: Street & Smith Corporation, →OCLC, chapter II, page 93, column 2",
          "text": "Now the rum, as has been said, was criminally overproof, and they had had no intoxicants for a long time. And so a couple of stiff drinks produced a beautiful and generous expansion of soul. The mean cabin became larger, the fire warmer and more cheerful, and life generally of a more roseate hue. They began to feel the prodigal Thanksgiving spirit, and to regret their limited opportunities for satisfying it.",
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          "ref": "1806, Peter Jonas, “Method of Ascertaining the Strength of Spiritous Liquors by Clarke’s Hydrometer”, in The Genuine Art of Gauging Made Easy and Familiar; Exhibiting All the Principal Methods Actually Practised by the Officers of His Majesty’s Revenue of Excise and Customs: …, London: Printed [by C[harles] Whittingham] for Dring and Fage, […], →OCLC, page 367",
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