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allover

[awl-oh-ver]
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adjective

extending or repeated over the entire surface, as a decorative pattern.

noun

a fabric with an allover pattern.

Origin of allover

First recorded in 1570–80; all + over
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Related Words for allover

pervasive, universal, omnipresent, everywhere, ubiquitous, prevalent, broad, global, unlimited, common, comprehensive, extensive, catholic, cosmopolitan, generic, empyrean, general, regular, sweeping, total

Examples from the Web for allover

Historical Examples of allover

  • This is Portuguese allover—indolence, piousness, poverty, impotence.

    Following the Equator, Complete

    Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

  • Stripes in this sample group either border the edge of the cloth or make an allover pattern.

  • Engaged in the earlier years of the music business was Woodworth, Allover & Co.

    Sixty Years of California Song

    Margaret Blake-Alverson

  • Woodworth, Allover & Co. dealt mostly in imported French pianos and harmoniums.

    Sixty Years of California Song

    Margaret Blake-Alverson

  • The gondolas multiplied and spotted it allover; every gondola and gondolier looking, at a distance, precisely like every other.

    Italian Hours

    Henry James