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Meaning of "overfast" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF OVERFAST

ˌəʊvəˈfɑːst


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERFAST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overfast is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OVERFAST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overfast in the English dictionary

The definition of overfast in the dictionary is too fast.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERFAST

bedfast · Belfast · Buckfast · colorfast · colourfast · cragfast · fast · handfast · holdfast · lockfast · nefast · outfast · shamefast · sitfast · standfast · sunfast · superfast · tub-fast · ultrafast · unsteadfast

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERFAST

overfacile · overfall · overfamiliar · overfamiliarity · overfar · overfastidious · overfat · overfatigue · overfavor · overfear · overfed · overfeed · overfeeding · overfertilise · overfertilize · overfill · overfine · overfineness · overfinished · overfish

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERFAST

acid-fast · bed and breakfast · breakfast · continental breakfast · defast · earthfast · English breakfast · full English breakfast · hard and fast · headfast · light-fast · noncolorfast · power breakfast · prebreakfast · relay fast · soothfast · stand fast · steadfast · stedfast · wedding breakfast

Synonyms and antonyms of overfast in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overfast» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF OVERFAST

Find out the translation of overfast to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of overfast from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overfast» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

overfast
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

overfast
570 millions of speakers
en

English

overfast
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

overfast
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

overfast
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

overfast
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

depressa demais
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

overfast
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

overfast
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Terlalu kuat
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

overfast
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

overfast
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

overfast
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Banget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overfast
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

overfast
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

भक्कम
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

overfast
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

overfast
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

overfast
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

overfast
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

overfast
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

overfast
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overfast
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overfast
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overfast
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overfast

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERFAST»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of overfast
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «overfast».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overfast

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERFAST»

Discover the use of overfast in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overfast and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Essaying Metacommunication: A Survey and Contextualization ...
Paralinguistic tempo, for instance, was described as double overfast, overfast, normal, overslow, and double overslow. These judgments were always relative -- a particular string was called overslow compared with similar strings in the same  ...
Margaret Ruth Zabor
2
Language
Que bruto! Pero, ;gue bruto! 'How stupid! How stupid can you get !' Examples of overlow: i 11 /abeYj/ jA ver! 'We'll see (about that).' 7.13. OVERFAST VS. OVERBLOW. Examples of overfast: 12 11 /kwidadokonelkarroj,/ jCuidado con el carro!
George Melville Bolling, Bernard Bloch, 1957
3
Mundari Grammar
Taking the medium vocalization as a normal, it can occur contrastingly in any of the two ways (or even more) like overslow or overfast and so on. In Mundari, the following four types of contrasting pairs usually occur — (i) Overfast and overslow  ...
N. K. Sinha, 1975
4
Our Admirable Betty
And it was to be noted that despite their exertions neither he nor the Major breathed overfast or seemed unduly overheated; remarking which, the young gentleman animadverted gently as follows : " Gad, nunky mine, Gad save my poor ...
Jeffery Farnol, 2010
5
Blue Note Records: The Biography
... is distinguished by its exacting delivery at what seems precisely the right tempo – up, but not overfast. With jazz on the cusp of a craze for so-called 'soul jazz', Silver was crystallising all the ingredients – gospel and blues templates allied ...
Richard Cook, 2004
6
The Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton
2 “What a pleasant man Dr Andrew Clarke is. He examined me most thoroughly, pronounced it a concurrence of irregular gout with influenza and that my heart was weak. I mend, but not overfast.” Letter of Galton to George Darwin, Xmas Day  ...
Karl Pearson, 2011
7
The Valley of Fear
There is some evidence then, that this man who entered the house and killed its master was an American." MacDonald shook his head. "Man, you are surely travelling overfast," said he. "I have heard no evidence yet that any stranger was ever ...
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1951
8
Intertexts: Writings on Language, Utterance, and Context
... they stood around him and told him to admit to his deed and return the cassettes. He stood mute, eyes downcast, as they laa'nk'eyah, le'ee'k'eyah ' blasted him verbally' in the overfast, tonally flat, falling final intonation contour of this genre, ...
William F. Hanks, 2000
9
A Dweller on Two Planets: Or, the Dividing of the Way
... I neared the spot where my meeting had occurred with the white-turbaned stranger; this time in a car, which I checked from running overfast— I saw his commanding figure standing in full view in the bright light of the tropic moon. It was quite ...
Phylos The Thibetan, 2009
10
Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in ...
I play ZEROTH and OVERFAST against Bob Felt and UNIQUEsT through a Q against Danny Goldman and aNTEFIXA through an X against Dominic. And when I miss plays, I try not to worry. The mental game, I tell myself, is as important as the ...
Stefan Fatsis, 2001

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERFAST»

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1
A musical trip from Bach to Mendelssohn
On the one hand he gave evidence of knowing the score thoroughly; on the other his speeds were overfast in some arias (especially the ... «Buenos Aires Herald, Apr 15»
2
How Chetan Bhagat's scattershot takes on current affairs suggest …
My spine has been freezing and thawing overfast, buffeted over the last couple of months by the full blast of a teenage girl's hebephrenia; ... «Economic Times, Nov 14»
3
Tastes Of Trivandrum: Hotel Azad- 72 Years Of Pride, Tradition And …
It is the holy month of Ramzan and devout Muslims the world overfast during the day time to express their commitment towards the holy Quran ... «Yentha, Aug 11»
4
“Black Box” Standard for New Cars Could Be Big Gain for Street Safety
Frequent poster Gecko is on the right track here with his constant emphasis on the danger posed by overfast, overweight vehicles. «Streetsblog New York, Jun 10»
5
Business, Resilience and Transition
We need to be able to apply applied restraint, avoiding excessive, overfast growth that hasn't been consolidated. There is the danger of ... «Your Olive Branch, Feb 09»
REFERENCE
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