wash over in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for wash over in the English»French Dictionary

I.over1 [Brit ˈəʊvə, Am ˈoʊvər] PREP Over is used after many verbs in English (change over, fall over, lean over etc.). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (change, fall, lean etc.).
over is often used with another preposition in English (to, in, on) without altering the meaning. In this case over is usually not translated in French: to be over in France = être en France; to swim over to sb = nager vers qn.
over is often used with nouns in English when talking about superiority (control over, priority over etc.) or when giving the cause of something (delays over, trouble over etc.). For translations, consult the appropriate noun entry (control, priority, delay, trouble etc.).
over is often used as a prefix in verb combinations (overeat), adjective combinations (overconfident) and noun combinations (overcoat). These combinations are treated as headwords in the dictionary.
For particular usages see the entry below.

III.over1 [Brit ˈəʊvə, Am ˈoʊvər] ADJ ADV

See also trouble, priority, leave over, lean, fall away, fall, delay, control, change

I.trouble [Brit ˈtrʌb(ə)l, Am ˈtrəb(ə)l] Troubles N

1. trouble U (problems):

ennuis mpl

3. trouble (effort, inconvenience):

4. trouble:

histoires fpl inf
ennuis mpl

III.trouble [Brit ˈtrʌb(ə)l, Am ˈtrəb(ə)l] Troubles VB trans

V.trouble [Brit ˈtrʌb(ə)l, Am ˈtrəb(ə)l] Troubles

priority [Brit prʌɪˈɒrɪti, Am praɪˈɔrədi] N

I.leave over VB [Brit liːv -, Am liv -] (leave [sth] over)

I.lean [Brit liːn, Am lin] N (meat)

II.lean [Brit liːn, Am lin] ADJ

III.lean <pret, pp leaned or leant> [Brit liːn, Am lin] VB trans

IV.lean <pret, pp leaned or leant> [Brit liːn, Am lin] VB intr

I.fall [Brit fɔːl, Am fɔl] N

III.fall <pret fell, pp fallen> [Brit fɔːl, Am fɔl] VB intr

1. fall (come down):

9. fall ground → fall away

I.delay [Brit dɪˈleɪ, Am dəˈleɪ] N

II.delay [Brit dɪˈleɪ, Am dəˈleɪ] VB trans

III.delay [Brit dɪˈleɪ, Am dəˈleɪ] VB intr

I.control [Brit kənˈtrəʊl, Am kənˈtroʊl] N

1. control U (domination):

II.control <pres part controlling; pret, pp controlled> [Brit kənˈtrəʊl, Am kənˈtroʊl] VB trans

to control oneself refl < pres part controlling; pret, pp controlled>:

I.change [Brit tʃeɪn(d)ʒ, Am tʃeɪndʒ] N

1. change (alteration):

II.change [Brit tʃeɪn(d)ʒ, Am tʃeɪndʒ] VB trans

III.change [Brit tʃeɪn(d)ʒ, Am tʃeɪndʒ] VB intr

V.change [Brit tʃeɪn(d)ʒ, Am tʃeɪndʒ]

over2 [Brit ˈəʊvə, Am ˈoʊvər] N SPORTS

I.wash [Brit wɒʃ, Am wɑʃ, wɔʃ] N

II.wash [Brit wɒʃ, Am wɑʃ, wɔʃ] VB trans

III.wash [Brit wɒʃ, Am wɑʃ, wɔʃ] VB intr

wash over in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for wash over in the English»French Dictionary

I.over [ˈəʊvəʳ, Am ˈoʊvɚ] PREP

II.over [ˈəʊvəʳ, Am ˈoʊvɚ] ADV

III.over [ˈəʊvəʳ, Am ˈoʊvɚ] ADJ inv

See also under

I.under [ˈʌndəʳ, Am -dɚ] PREP

II.under [ˈʌndəʳ, Am -dɚ] ADV

4. wash Am → washing-up

See also washing-up

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
It must be strong as floods will wash over its crest.
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All major roads are sealed and contain numerous floodways which allow the large amounts of rain in the town to wash over the road without obstructing traffic.
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Overwhelming feelings wash over him as he remembers the feeling he once had long ago.
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It seems to wash over everything -- the surrounding mountains, the patches of scrub on the ridges, the boulders that cling to unlikely gradients.
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It develops when sheets of running water (laminar sheet flows) wash over it in intense rainfall events.
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Pale, prune-like fingers granted their hour or two in the sun before the waves wash over them again.
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If the content was unsuitable, she argued, children would simply tire of it or let it wash over their heads without understanding.
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In this technique, you let the emotion wash over you before capturing it in your hand, figuratively speaking.
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From there they would start working up the valley, using the stream of water to wash over the debris they had loosened from the bed with picks.
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Tropical cyclones and other storm events also result in wave wash over and extreme high water also occurs during spring tides.
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