To put into metrical form.
The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 39+⁴⁷⁄₁₂₇ (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.
The rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition.
To reach above or beyond, especially to an excessive degree.
To defeat or override a person's interest in property; (Britain, specifically) of a holder of the legal title of real property: by mortgaging or selling the legal title to a third party, to cause another person's equitable right in the property to be dissolved and to be replaced by an equitable right in the money received from the third party.
To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.
To do something beyond an appropriate limit, or beyond one's ability.
Of a horse: to strike the heel of a forefoot with the toe of a hindfoot.
An act of extending or reaching over, especially if too far or too much; overextension.
Of a horse: an act of striking the heel of a forefoot with the toe of a hindfoot; an injury caused by this action.