English Explanatory Dictionary

overhand

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Executed with the hand brought forward and down from above the shoulders.
  2. Sewn with close, vertical stitches that draw the edges of a seam together.
  3. With the working part on top of the standing part.
  4. Laid such that the surface of the wall to be jointed is on the opposite side of the wall from the mason, requiring the mason to lean over the wall to complete the work.
  5. Done from below upward.
noun
  1. The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
adv
  1. In an overhand manner
verb
  1. Sew using an overhand stitch.

Word forms

overhand over-hand overhanded over-handed overhands overhanding

Etymology

From over- + hand.

Synonyms

overarm

Antonyms

underhand

Derived words

offset overhand bend overhand knot
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