Overhand

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Executed with the hand brought forward and down from above the level of the shoulder: an overhand pitch; an overhand stroke.
  • adj. Sewn with close, vertical stitches drawing two edges together, with each stitch passing over the seam formed by the edges.
  • ad. In an overhand manner.
  • n. An overhand throw, stroke, or delivery.
  • n. An overhand stitch or seam.
  • v. To sew with overhand stitches.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Executed with the hand brought forward and down from above the shoulders
  • adj. Sewn with close, vertical stitches that draw the edges of a seam together
  • adj. With the working part on top of the standing part
  • ad. In such a manner
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
  • n. A throwing or pitching style that is overhanded; also an overhand{2} pitch.
  • adj. 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.
  • adj. Done (as pitching or bowling) with the hand higher than the elbow, or the arm above, or higher than, the shoulder.
  • ad. In an overhand manner or style.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • With the hand over the object; with the knuckles upward; with the hand raised higher than the elbow: opposed to underhand: as, he bowls overhand.
  • In mining. from below upward: used in reference to stoping out the contents of the vein. See stope, n. and verb
  • In needlework, over and over.
  • In cricket, with the hand raised above the elbow or over the ball: as, overhand bowling.
  • In base-ball, with the hand above the shoulder: as, overhand pitching.
  • In mining, done from below upward: as, overhand stoping.
  • n. The upper hand; superiority; supremacy.
  • In needlework, to sew over and over.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level
  • adj. sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together)
    • Equivalent
    round-arm    handmade    hand-crafted   
    Antonym
    underhand   
    Verb Form
    overhanded    overhanding    overhands   
    Cross Reference
    overhand knot   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    advantage    superiority    mastery   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    double-handed    over-arm    backhand    two-handed    backhanded   
     
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