Dictionary

overhand en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand English overhand From over- + hand.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Executed with the hand brought forward and down from above the shoulders.
   • an overhand shuffle of a deck of cards
2. (not-comparable) Sewn with close, vertical stitches that draw the edges of a seam together.
3. (not-comparable, of a loop in rope) With the working part on top of the standing part.
4. (not-comparable) 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. (not-comparable) Done from below upward.

Forms

Deriveds

offset overhand bend · overhand knot

Synonyms

overarm (with the hand from above)

overhand en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand English overhand From over- + hand.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) In an overhand manner

Forms

overhand en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand English overhand From over- + hand.

Meanings

1. The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
   • He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me. 1533, Thomas More, Debellation of Salem and Bizance:

Forms

Antonyms

underhand

overhand en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand English overhand From over- + hand.

Meanings

1. Sew using an overhand stitch.
   • Now, those little ends of the bag above the running stitches, are to be overhanded together. 1913, Jane Eayre Fryer, The Mary Frances Sewing Book, →ISBN:

Forms