OVERFLY

Etymology

Verb

overfly (third-person singular simple present overflies, present participle overflying, simple past overflew, past participle overflown)

To fly over something.

To fly too far past something.

Anagrams

• fly-over, flyover

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*fly", v. t. [imp. Overflew; p. p. Overflown; p. pr. & vb. n. Overflying.]

Definition: To cross or pass over by flight. Byron.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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