all-over

See also: allover and all over

English

Alternative forms

• allover

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.

   • 2018, Wikipedia, All-over painting,

     All-over painting refers to the non-differential treatment of the surface of a work of two-dimensional art, for instance a painting.

Translations

over the whole area or extent

• German: vollflächig, flächendeckend (de), vollständig (de)

• Walloon: totavå (wa), pattavå (wa)

Related terms

See also: all over

Anagrams

• overall, valerol