Sekirov Dictionary

overbow

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbəʊ/

verb 7
/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbaʊ/ adjective 1
/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbaʊ/ verb 1
/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbəʊ/ noun 1
forms 3

verb7

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To use too much pressure when playing a stringed instrument using a bow.
- The VPO seems so caught up with Bernstein's febrile vision that it overblows and overbows and overbangs frequently. — 1992
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To provide (an archer) with a bow that requires more strength than the archer can fully draw.
- Another characteristic of an "overbowed" archer can readily be observed by watching the alignment of his back while he is shooting. — 1963
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To use a bow that requires more strength than the archer can fully draw.
- The tendency of all archers is to overbow. — 1940
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To bow or bend (something) over beyond its natural trajectory; to bend in a contrary direction.
- The amount by which the plate is overbowed must correspond to the thickness of the mandible. — 1994
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To bend too far.
- A thicker back will bend less, and be less prone to overbow and the resultant cracking. — 1986
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(literary) To arch over.
- Now her white lips would kiss away the gore— Speed, Alice, speed, or thou Wilt have but my dead frame to overbow! — 1856
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To overburden.
- 'Tis true: yet stronger is the power divine, And oft, when man's estate is overbowed With bitter pangs, disperses from his eyne The heavy, hanging cloud! — 1908

overbow

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbaʊ/

adjective1

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Extending beyond the bow (front of a ship)
- It has a lifting capacity of 2000 short tons with fixed boom in overbow position. — 1977

verb1

To show excessive deference toward by too much bowing.

overbow

/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbəʊ/

noun1

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A structural piece that arches over another piece.
- The overbow formers are then lowered out of the net contour, exposing fixed net contour ( inner mold line ) formers. — 1976

forms

overbowed · overbowing · overbows

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