overhand

overhand is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, adjective, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
2. adjective. 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.
3. adjective. Done (as pitching or bowling) with the hand higher than the elbow, or the arm above, or higher than, the shoulder.
4. adverb. In an overhand manner or style.
5. adjective. sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together)

   Synonyms: oversewn

6. adjective. with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level

   "an overhand pitch"

   "an overhand stroke"

   Synonyms: overarm, overhanded

Synonyms

oversewn, overarm, overhanded

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in overhand:

handover

Common word forms

overhands, overhanded, overhanding

Words from these letters

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