Overrake

Quick meaning: Overrake is a verb meaning (transitive) To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves break over a vessel anchored with its head to the sea.

Meaning

(transitive) To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves break over a vessel anchored with its head to the sea.

More Meanings

1. (military) To rake over or assault, as enemy gunfire attacking the entire force.
2. To rake or scrape to excess.
3. To rake or scrape over.
4. To install with too great a slope or angle.

Example Sentences

This made our ship to hull very broad, so that the sea continually overraked us; yet we endured it in hopes of recovering our shallop.

The big water overraked her waist like a mighty river running over, and with the extremity of evil weather, she was like to be shaken asunder.

1648, Oct. A shallop, which had been a fishing with others all summer, was attempting to make a harbour at "Damaril's Cove, was overraked by the surf , and all drowned , being four Englishmen , and one Indian , and the goods all perished ."

The fire was now becoming intense, the right flank of my company being the most hotly attacked: Believing that a change of position was really necessary, and that in a few moments more we should be swept with an overraking fire, I threw the right wing of company to the rear, in order to diminish its front.

Word Forms

• overrakes
• overraking
• overraked

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rake, wash over, overgo, overhaul, overrange, roll over.

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