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Definition of Overhand
1. Adjective. With hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level. "An overhand stroke"
Exact synonyms: Overarm, Overhanded
Category relationships: Athletics, Sport
Similar to: Round-arm
Antonyms: Underhand
Category relationships: Athletics, Sport
Similar to: Round-arm
Antonyms: Underhand
2. Adjective. Sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together).
Definition of Overhand
1. n. The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
2. 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.
3. adv. In an overhand manner or style.
Definition of Overhand
1. to sew with short, vertical stitches [v -ED, -ING, -S]