overhand
adverb
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L196410 on Wikidata ↗adjective
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L339018 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
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.
- Executed with the hand brought forward and down from above the shoulders.
“an overhand shuffle of a deck of cards”
- Sewn with close, vertical stitches that draw the edges of a seam together.
- With the working part on top of the standing part.
- 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.
- Done from below upward.
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.
- In an overhand manner
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.
- The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
“He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me.”
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.
- Sew using an overhand stitch.
“Now, those little ends of the bag above the running stitches, are to be overhanded together.”