英和和英

語源

over- +‎ hand

発音

• 韻: -ænd

形容詞

overhand (not comparable)

1. Executed with the hand brought forward and down from above the shoulders.

   an overhand shuffle of a deck of cards

2. (sewing) Sewn with close, vertical stitches that draw the edges of a seam together.
3. (of a loop in rope) With the working part on top of the standing part.
4. (masonry) 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. (mining) Done from below upward.

同意語

• (with the hand from above): overarm

派生語

名詞

overhand (複数形 overhands)

1. The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
   • 1533, Thomas More, Debellation of Salem and Bizance:

     He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me.

反意語

• underhand

副詞

overhand (not comparable)

1. In an overhand manner

動詞

overhand (三人称単数 現在形 overhands, 現在分詞 overhanding, 過去形および過去分詞形 overhanded)

1. Sew using an overhand stitch.
   • 1913, Jane Eayre Fryer, The Mary Frances Sewing Book, →ISBN:

     Now, those little ends of the bag above the running stitches, are to be overhanded together.

アナグラム

• hand over, hand-over, handover