Overhand

['əʊvəhænd] or ['ovɚhænd]

Definition

(adj.) sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together) .

(adj.) with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level; 'an overhand pitch'; 'an overhand stroke' .

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Definition

(n.) The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.

(a.) Over and over; -- applied to a style of sewing, or to a seam, in which two edges, usually selvedges, are sewed together by passing each stitch over both.

(a.) Done (as pitching or bowling) with the hand higher than the elbow, or the arm above, or higher than, the shoulder.

(adv.) In an overhand manner or style.

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Definition

adj. having the hand raised above the elbow or over the ball at cricket (also O′verhanded): above the shoulder at baseball: (min.) done from below upward.—adv. with the hand over the object.—v.t. to sew over and over.

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