noun
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The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
verb
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Sew using an overhand stitch.
adjective
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Executed with the hand brought forward and down from above the shoulders
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Sewn with close, vertical stitches that draw the edges of a seam together
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(of a loop in rope) With the working part on top of the standing part.
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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.
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Done from below upward.
adverb
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In an overhand manner
Examples of overhand in a Sentence
Holding all nine strands together, tie an overhand knot with a tail of about three inches.
Then using the end of the line with the knot in it, tie another overhand knot around the length of the line.
A Fisherman's Knot is formed from two identical overhand knots pushed together but it is only suitable for small diameter ropes or twine.
The usual method of working metal-mines is by overhand and underhand stoping, using rock-filling,, or pillars of mineral to support the roof.
Tie the string in an overhand knot and cut off any excess.
When your bracelet is the correct length, finish it off with an overhand knot.
Bend knees slightly and grasp a light barbell with an overhand grip.
Perform an underhand movement to bump or set, and do an overhand swing to spike or block.
The overhand knot, pearl knot, macramé square knot, and half-hitch knots are some of the common knot types you'll see in beading instructions for beginners.
Hold one end of each strand, and tie them all together with an overhand knot.
In metal-mines producing abundant rock-filling the overhand method of stoping, illustrated in fig.