overbuild
English
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) To perform excessive construction on a building or in an area.
- (transitive) To build over or on top of another structure.
- (transitive) To build with excessive size or elaboration.
- (intransitive) To construct more buildings than necessary in an area.
Etymology
Prefix from English build.
Origin
English
build
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bookbuild English
- build English
- buildability English
- buildable English
- builddown English
- builder English
- buildest English
- buildeth English
- building English
- buildout English
- buildup English
- cobuild English
- inbuild English
- misbuild English
- newbuild English
- outbuild English
- overbuilder English
- prebuild English
- rebuild English
- self-build English
- unbuild English
- underbuild English
- upbuild English
- ビルド Japanese
- bilden Middle English