English Explanatory Dictionary

overshot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. simple past and past participle of overshoot
adj
  1. powered by water that flows over the top from above (of a water wheel)
  2. Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower, as in the jaws of some dogs.
noun
  1. An overshot water wheel.
  2. A pattern resulting from a plainweave ground fabric and floats of supplemental weft, associated with coverlets in the colonial United States.

Pronunciation

ō′vər-shŏt′ /ˈəʊ.vəˌʃɒt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-overshot.wav /ˈoʊ.vɚˌʃɑt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-overshot.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-overshot.wav

Word forms

overshot more overshot most overshot overshots

Related words

undershot
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