OVERSHOT

overshot

(adjective) having an upper part projecting beyond the lower; “an overshot jaw”

OVERSHOOT

overshoot

(verb) aim too high; “The plan overshoots its aim”

overshoot

(verb) shoot beyond or over (a target)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

overshot

simple past tense and past participle of overshoot

Adjective

overshot (comparative more overshot, superlative most overshot)

(of a water wheel) powered by water that flows over the top from above

Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower, as in the jaws of some dogs.

Noun

overshot (plural overshots)

An overshot water wheel.

Source: Wiktionary


O"ver*shot`, a.

Definition: From Overshoot, v. t. Overshot wheel, a vertical water wheel, the circumference of which is covered with cavities or buckets, and which is turned by water which shoots over the top of it, filling the buckets on the farther side and acting chiefly by its we'ght.

OVERSHOOT

O`ver*shoot", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overshot; p. pr. & vb. n. Overshooting.]

1. To shoot over or beyond. "Not to overshoot his game." South.

2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. Hartle.

3. To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. Cowper. To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too much.

O`ver*shoot", v. i.

Definition: To fly beyond the mark. Collier.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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