overhand

overhand

See also: overhånd and over-hand

English

Alternative forms

• over-hand
• overhanded
• over-handed

Etymology

over- +‎ hand

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænd

Adjective

An overhand pitch

overhand knot

overhand (not comparable)

1. Executed with the hand brought forward and down from above the shoulders.

   an overhand shuffle of a deck of cards

2. (sewing) Sewn with close, vertical stitches that draw the edges of a seam together.
3. (of a loop in rope) With the working part on top of the standing part.
4. (masonry) 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. (mining) Done from below upward.

Synonyms

• (with the hand from above): overarm

Noun

overhand (plural overhands)

1. The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
   • 1533, Thomas More, Debellation of Salem and Bizance

     He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me.

Antonyms

• underhand

Adverb

overhand (not comparable)

1. In an overhand manner

Verb

overhand stitch

overhand (third-person singular simple present overhands, present participle overhanding, simple past and past participle overhanded)

1. Sew using an overhand stitch.
   • 1913, Jane Eayre Fryer, The Mary Frances Sewing Book, →ISBN:

     Now, those little ends of the bag above the running stitches, are to be overhanded together.

Anagrams

• hand over, hand-over, handover