all-over

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all-over

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From Middle English alover. By surface analysis, all + over.

adjective allover

  1. not comparable Over the whole area or extent. Charing Cross station of the old South-Eastern Railway differed much in appearance from that of today, as it had an arched all-over roof, which collapsed some nine years later and was replaced by the present one.

noun all-overs · allover

  1. A suntan that covers the entire body, as achieved by sunbathing in the nude.

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adj over the whole area or extent

Deutschvollflächig, flächendeckend, vollständig

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@misc{all_over_2026,
  title = {all-over},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/all-over},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}