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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. From one end to the other: the overall length of the house.
  2. adj. Including everything; comprehensive: the overall costs of medical care.
  3. adj. Regarded as a whole; general: My overall impression was favorable.
  4. adv. On the whole; generally: enjoyed the performance overall.
  5. n. Chiefly British A loose-fitting protective outer garment; a smock.
  6. n. Loose-fitting trousers, usually of strong fabric, with a bib front and shoulder straps, often worn over regular clothing as protection from dirt.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. All over; in all directions; everywhere; generally.
  2. Beyond everything; preëminently; especially.
  3. n. An external covering; specifically, in the plural, loose trousers of a light, strong material, worn over others by workmen to protect them from being soiled; also, in the plural, waterproof leggings.
  4. In measurements, extending from one extreme limit to the other; including the whole extent.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. All-encompassing.
  2. adv. Generally; with everything considered.
  3. n. UK A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.
  4. n. in the plural, US A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. [Obs.] everywhere.
  2. prep. (Her.) placed over or upon other bearings, and therefore hinding them in part; -- said of a charge.
  3. adv. obsolete Everywhere.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. (usually plural) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps)
  2. n. a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work
  3. adj. involving only main features
  4. adj. including everything

Etymologies

  1. over +‎ all (Wiktionary)

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