overslow
English
Etymology
over- + slow
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈsləʊ/
Adjective
overslow (comparative more overslow, superlative most overslow)
- Too slow.
Verb
overslow (third-person singular simple present overslows, present participle overslowing, simple past and past participle overslowed)
- To render slow; to check; to curb.
- a. 1660, Henry Hammond, a sermon
- overſlow this furious driver
- a. 1660, Henry Hammond, a sermon
References
overslow in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913