overfly
verb
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verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi Proto-Germanic *fleuganą Proto-West Germanic *fleugan Old English flēogan Middle English fliender. English fly English overfly From over- + fly.
- To fly over something.
“My family planned to take pictures from the ground as I overflew them in the hot air balloon.”
“In the canopy, friendly birds (not the desperate, demented scavengers that sometimes overflew the plains) chirped and laboured on their nests.”
- To fly too far past something.
“The small size of the airstrip meant that pilots would frequently overfly and have to circle back.”