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Overhand Common

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Overhand has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.

Verb
1

Sew using an overhand stitch.

Adjective
1

with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level

"an overhand pitch"

"an overhand stroke"

2

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

3

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