all-over

See also: allover and all over

English

All-over painting

Alternative forms

• allover

Etymology

From Middle English alover. By surface analysis, all +‎ over.

Adjective

all-over (not comparable)

1. over the whole area or extent
   • 1939 June, T. R. Perkins, “My Red-Letter Day - II”, in Railway Magazine, page 399:

     Charing Cross station of the old South-Eastern Railway differed much in appearance from that of today, as it had an arched all-over roof, which collapsed some nine years later and was replaced by the present one.

Related terms

• See also: all over

Translations

over the whole area or extent

• German: vollflächig, flächendeckend (de), vollständig (de)
• Walloon: totavå (wa), pattavå (wa)

Noun

all-over (plural all-overs)

1. A suntan that covers the entire body, as achieved by sunbathing in the nude.

Anagrams

• overall, valerol