Meaning

5 senses
  1. (not comparable)Executed with the hand brought forward and down from above the shoulders.

    an overhand shuffle of a deck of cards

    with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level

  2. (not comparable)Sewn with close, vertical stitches that draw the edges of a seam together.

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

  3. (not comparable)With the working part on top of the standing part.

  4. (not comparable)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. (not comparable)Done from below upward.

Synonyms

3 synonyms
with the hand from above:overarm
Close in meaning
  • sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together):oversewn
  • with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level:overhandedoverarm

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overhand — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto