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overhand
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective overhand has 2 senses
- overhand(a = adj.all) overarm, overhanded - with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level; "an overhand pitch"; "an overhand stroke" Antonym: underhand
- overhand(s = adj.all) oversewn - sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together); Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
overhand, n.
- The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery. [1913 Webster]"He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me." [1913 Webster]
- A throwing or pitching style that is overhanded; also an overhand{2} pitch. [PJC]
overhand, a.
- Over and over; -- applied to a style of sewing, or to a seam, in which two edges, usually selvedges, are sewed together by passing each stitch over both. [1913 Webster]
- Done (as pitching or bowling) with the hand higher than the elbow, or the arm above, or higher than, the shoulder; as, an overhand pitch; an overhand stroke. [1913 Webster]
Overhand knot. See Illustration of Knot .
overhand, adv.
In an overhand manner or style. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
overhand, adj. & adv.
1 (in cricket, tennis, baseball, etc.) thrown or played with the hand above the shoulder.
2 Swimming = OVERARM.
3 a with the palm of the hand downward or inward. b with the hand above the object held.
1 (in cricket, tennis, baseball, etc.) thrown or played with the hand above the shoulder.
2 Swimming = OVERARM.
3 a with the palm of the hand downward or inward. b with the hand above the object held.
Idiom
overhand knot a simple knot made by forming a loop and passing the free end through it.
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