Superincumbent

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Superincumbent \Su`per*in*cum"bent\, a. [L. superincumbens, p.
     pr. of superincumbere. See {Super-}, and {Incumbent}.]
     Lying or resting on something else.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  superincumbent
       adj : lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else;
             "superincumbent layers of dead plants cut off the air
             and arrested decomposition"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "superincumbent":
     beetle, beetle-browed, beetling, bridging, burdensome, cumbersome,
     cumbrous, demanding, exacting, exigent, greater, grievous, higher,
     imbricate, impendent, impending, incumbent, jutting, lapping,
     lowering, lumpish, massive, onerous, oppressive, over, overarched,
     overhanging, overhung, overlapping, overlying, pending, projecting,
     shingled, spanning, taxing, tough, unwieldy, weighty