all-over

See also: allover and all over

English

All-over painting

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Etymology

From Middle English alover, equivalent to 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.

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