overlead
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To dominate; domineer over; oppress.
- (transitive) To affront; treat with indignity.
- (transitive) To lead excessively or too much.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English overleden inherited from Old English oferlǣdan (translate, oppress) prefix from English lead (a heavy metal).
Origin
English
lead
Gloss
a heavy metal
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Leadite English
- backlead English
- belead English
- blacklead English
- colead English
- decalead English
- delead English
- dilead English
- downlead English
- eka-lead English
- fairlead English
- forelead English
- forlead English
- forthlead English
- greylead English
- heptalead English
- hexalead English
- inlead English
- isolead English
- lead English
- lead character English
- lead swinger English
- lead-free English
- lead-out English
- leadable English
- leadamalgam English
- leaded English
- leaden English
- leader English
- leadest English
- leadeth English
- leadfield English
- leadfoot English
- leadfooted English
- leadfree English
- leadholder English
- leading English
- leadish English
- leadless English
- leadlight English
- leadlike English
- leadline English
- leadman English
- leadplant English
- leadscrew English
- leadup English
- leadwood English
- leadwork English
- leadwort English
- leady English
- ledish English
- mislead English
- multilead English
- nonalead English
- nonanickel English
- nonlead English
- octalead English
- offlead English
- onlead English
- organolead English
- outlead English
- pentalead English
- radiolead English
- relead English
- tetraethyllead English
- tetralead English
- translead English
- underlead English
- unlead English
- uplead English
- lead Polish
- oferlǣdan Old English
- led Middle English
- overleden Middle English
- lead
- leady
- ledish
- delead
- belead
- leaded
- unlead
- leadup
- onlead
- leaden
- dilead
- leader
- colead
- uplead
- relead
- inlead
- isolead
- outlead
- offlead
- leadeth
- leading
- forlead
- mislead
- leadest
- leadish
- Leadite
- nonlead
- leadman
- leadwork
- downlead
- hexalead
- leadless
- leadfree
- leadlike
- leadwort
- eka-lead
- lead-out
- decalead
- forelead
- fairlead
- backlead
- nonalead
- leadfoot
- leadline
- leadable
- greylead
- leadwood
- octalead
- pentalead
- forthlead
- leadscrew
- translead
- multilead
- radiolead
- leadplant
- leadfield
- heptalead
- lead-free
- blacklead
- underlead
- leadlight
- tetralead
- nonanickel
- organolead
- leadfooted
- leadholder
- leadamalgam
- lead swinger
- tetraethyllead
- lead character