EGAVE

overhand

About 0.17 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Executed with the hand brought forward and down from above the shoulders.
    an overhand shuffle of a deck of cards
  2. adjective Sewn with close, vertical stitches that draw the edges of a seam together.
  3. adjective With the working part on top of the standing part.
  4. adjective 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. adjective Done from below upward.
  6. noun The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
  7. adverb In an overhand manner
  8. verb Sew using an overhand stitch.

Similar words

overarm handmade hand-crafted oversewn round-arm stoping stope stopes hand-to-hand two-fisted

Often followed by

knot grip throw knots right and stoping shuffle or

Word family

overhanded overhanding overhands

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