Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "oorskiet" is 'n selfstandige naamwoord wat verwys na kos wat na 'n maaltyd ongeëet bly of 'n gedeelte van iets wat oorbly nadat die res gebruik of verteer is. Dit kan ook as 'n byvoeglike naamwoord gebruik word om iets te beskryf wat ongebruik of onvoltooid bly nadat die hoofgedeelte gebruik of verteer is.
1. I sat down, digging into leftover meatloaf from three days ago.
2. He handed my things to me and started shoveling the leftover food from the night before into one of his own travel sacks.
3. Ariana had missed dinner, but she joined her parents and brother on the couch with a slice of leftover pizza.
4. I fed Archie and made myself a spinach salad topped with bits of shredded leftover chicken from my dinner with Calvin the night before, but as a meal, it was less than satisfying.
5. When I owned up to taking from the collection plate, he had the idea that I give over the leftover dollars, which he would return to The Holy Mother Church.
6. Any leftover bones from their food they used for weapons.
7. Even the table at which they sat was cluttered with a few nautical charts, a pair of leather boots and a leftover bowl of something that appeared to be at least a day old.
8. He groaned, heaved himself up, and plodded to the bathroom, feeling the need to vomit and vaguely wondering if Milly or another Edenist had broken into and doctored the leftover bean soup he had forced himself to eat.
9. I had to tie the scabbard to my trousers using some leftover cloth.
10. Composed of leftover gold scavenged from Gladima before it was closed off, the throne predated the Guardians.