overslow
English
Etymology
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
References
“overslow”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.