different between overhand vs overhard

English

Alternative forms

• over-hand
• overhanded
• over-handed

Etymology

over- +? hand

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænd

Adjective

overhand (not comparable)

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

Synonyms

• (with the hand from above): overarm

Noun

overhand (plural 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.

Antonyms

• underhand

Adverb

overhand (not comparable)

1. In an overhand manner

Verb

overhand (third-person singular simple present overhands, present participle overhanding, simple past and past participle overhanded)

1. Sew using an overhand stitch.

Anagrams

• hand over, hand-over, handover

English

Etymology

From over- +? hard.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??v??h??d/

Adjective

overhard (comparative more overhard, superlative most overhard)

1. Too hard.

Derived terms

• overhardly

Anagrams

• hardover