Italian to English Dictionary (Dizionario Italiano-Inglese)

Oversample

To sample at a rate significantly higher than the Nyquist rate in signal processing, or to survey a larger or disproportionate number of respondents from a specific demographic group in statistics.

Oversee

To supervise, direct, or manage a person, group, or work process to ensure it is done correctly.

Overthrow

The removal of a leader or government from power, especially by force.

Overweight

Above a weight considered normal, desirable, or healthy for a particular height and build.

Overwhelm

To bury or drown beneath a huge mass; to defeat completely.

Overwise

Wiser than is appropriate or desirable; excessively or pretentiously wise; pedantic.

Owl-like

Resembling an owl in appearance, behavior, or sound, such as having large round eyes or making a hooting noise.

Pacemaker

A small medical device placed in the chest or abdomen to help control abnormal heart rhythms using electrical pulses.

Parboil

To boil (food) until it is partly cooked.

Pass-the-buck

The act of shifting responsibility or blame onto another person.

Penetrating-stare

An intense, piercing gaze that seems to examine or understand someone deeply.

Petrarchan sonnet

A poetic form consisting of fourteen lines divided into an initial octave (rhyming abbaabba) and a concluding sestet (typically rhyming cdecde or cdcdcd).