Found 2 items, similar to Overhand.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: overhand overhand adj 1: with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level; “an overhand pitch”; “an overhand stroke” [syn: overhanded, overarm] [ant: underhand] 2: sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together) [syn: oversewn]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Overhand Overhand \O"ver*hand`\, n. 1. The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery. [1913 Webster] He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me. --Sir T. More. [1913 Webster] 2. (Baseball) A throwing or pitching style that is overhanded; also an overhand[2] pitch. [PJC] Overhand \O"ver*hand`\, a. 1. (Sewing) 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Baseball, Cricket, Tennis, etc.) Done (as pitching or bowling) with the hand higher than the elbow, or the arm above, or higher than, the shoulder; as, an overhand pitch; an overhand stroke. [1913 Webster +PJC] Overhand knot. See Illustration of Knot. [1913 Webster] Overhand \O"ver*hand`\, adv. In an overhand manner or style. [1913 Webster]