Overwalk

Quick meaning: Overwalk is a noun meaning An elevated walkway that provides passage above the main area of a facility; a catwalk.

Meaning

An elevated walkway that provides passage above the main area of a facility; a catwalk.

More Meanings

1. To walk over or upon.
2. To walk past, especially without noticing.
3. To walk excessively; to walk too far or too quickly.
4. To take on too many walks, or cause to walk too far or too quickly.
5. To overtake while walking; to walk faster than
6. A pedestrian bridge or elevated walkway that allows one to walk over a road, stream, or other obstacle, or between the upper stories of buildings.
7. A walkway placed slightly above the ground in an ecologically vulnerable location so that pedestrians can walk through the area without causing damage.

Example Sentences

Note safety handrails on overwalk across conveyor system.

There was no way for them to get up into this overwalk, so he was good.

At the next level, he bolted down another hallway and through an arch onto an overwalk connecting with the domed edifice.

A walking stick is in her right hand, and a second, which the woman conveniently keeps next to the fence overwalk, is seen just to the right.

Word Forms

• overwalks
• overwalking
• overwalked

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include footbridge, overbridge, skybridge, drawbridge, viaduct, footwalk.

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