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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Covering an entire surface.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The trade-name of a gilt button washed or plated on both the upper and under sides, as distinguished from a top, which is plated or washed on the upper side only.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective covering the entire surface.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective over the whole area or extent
  • adjective everywhere
  • adjective in every respect; utterly
  • adjective ended

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective covering the entire surface
  • adverb over the entire area
  • adverb to or in any or all places
  • adjective having come or been brought to a conclusion

Etymologies

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From all- +‎ over.

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