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Overtopping

//əʊvəˈtɒpɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Surmounting, surpassing.

    "And he never said a word to her against her mother – he only remained dumb and discouraged in the face of her ladyship's own overtopping earnestness."

Noun
  1. 1
    An instance of water going over the top of a barrier such as a sea wall or levee. countable, uncountable

    "Around 34 miles of the Wales Route's coastal lines are vulnerable to overtopping, coastal erosion and storm surges."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of overtop form-of, gerund, participle, present

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