• Overhand

    Full definition of overhand

    Adjective

    overhand

    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. (of a loop in rope) With the working part on top of the standing part
    4. The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
      • Sir T. MoreHe had gotten thereby a great overhand on me.

    Antonyms

    Adverb

    overhand

    1. In such a manner
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