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Verb: overtop (overtopped,overtopping)  ,ow-vu(r)'tóp
  1. Look down on
    "The tall buildings overtop the surrounding houses";
    - dominate, command, overlook
     
  2. Rise above or exceed in height
    "The floodwaters overtopped the levees"

Derived forms: overtopped, overtopping, overtops

Type of: lie

Encyclopedia: Overtop