Ō'ver-rāke', v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. OVERRAKED (ō/ver-rākt'); p. pr. & vb. n. OVERRAKING.] (Naut.) To break in upon, as a ship; as, when the waves break in upon a ship at anchor, with her head to the sea, it is said, they over-rake her, or she is over-raked.