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over-hand

over-hand is the alternative spelling of overhand.

Meaning of overhand

Adjective

overhand (not comparable)

  1. Executed with the hand brought forward and down from above the shoulders.
    • an overhand shuffle of a deck of cards
    Synonyms:
    overarm
  2. Sewn with close, vertical stitches that draw the edges of a seam together.
  3. With the working part on top of the standing part.
  4. 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. Done from below upward.

See all 8 meanings of overhand

Forms of over-hand

third-person singular presentover-hands
present participleover-handing
past participleover-handed
pastover-handed

Questions about over-hand

What is over-hand the alternative spelling of?
Over-hand is the alternative spelling of overhand.

Words near over-hand in the dictionary

  1. over-fires
  2. over-firing
  3. over-fond
  4. over-genderization
  5. over-greedy
  6. over-hand
  7. over-handed
  8. over-handing
  9. over-hands
  10. over-heat
  11. over-heated

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