overstandとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

overstand (三人称単数 現在形 overstands, 現在分詞 overstanding, 過去形および過去分詞形 overstood)

1. (rare) To stand or insist too much or too long; overstay.
   • 1688, Bunyan, The Water of Life

     But they that overstand the day of grace, shall not obtain to cool their tongues so much of this water as will hang on the tip of one's finger.

2. (transitive) To stand too strictly on the demands or conditions of.
3. (yachting, boat racing): To sail to the mark at a wider angle than is the normal upwind angle, to go beyond the layline
4. (forestry, of a coppice): To be neglected and left uncut for too long.
   • 2001, Ben Law, The Woodland Way: a permaculture approach to sustainable woodland management, Hyden House, →ISBN:

     When a coppice woodland is no longer cut on its regular rotation the rods from the stool continue to grow and the coppice becomes known as overstood. Sadly, in many parts of the country this is the commonest form of coppice you are likely to see.

名詞

overstand (複数形 overstands)

1. (lutherie) The measurement between the top plate and the fingerboard where the neck meets the body of the instrument.

語源 2

Blend of over +‎ understand, coined in Rastafarianism before 1965.

動詞

overstand (三人称単数 現在形 overstands, 現在分詞 overstanding, 過去形および過去分詞形 overstood)

1. (Rastafarianism, US black subculture): To have complete or intuitive comprehension of; to understand fully.

   Synonyms: get, grok

   • 1965, Orlando Patterson, The children of Sisyphus: A novel, page 192:

     "But, Sister, it look like you neither overstand or understand"

   • 2016, Khaled Mohamed Khaled, The Keys:

     "I need you to overstand this the way I overstand this. Notice how I didn't say understand, because I need you to more than understand—I need you to overstand."

アナグラム

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