Definitions For Overstand

Etymology 1

From Middle English overstonden, from {{inh, en, ang, oferstandan, t=to stand over}}, equivalent to {{af, en, over-, stand}}. Cognate with {{cog, nl, overstaan, t=to stand over}}, {{cog, de, überstehen, t=to stand through, survive}}.

Verb

overstands , overstanding , overstood , overstood (rare) to stand or insist too much or too long; overstay (transitive) to stand too strictly on the demands or conditions of. yachting, boat racing to sail to the mark at a wider angle than is the normal upwind angle, to go beyond the layline forestry, of a coppice To be neglected and left uncut for too long.

Noun

OVERSTAND (plural OVERSTANDs) (lutherie) The measurement between the top plate and the fingerboard where the neck meets the body of the instrument.

Etymology 2

over, understand, coined in rastafarianism before 1965.

Verb

overstands , overstanding , overstood , overstood Rastafarianism, US black subculture to have complete or intuitive comprehension of; to understand fully

Anagrams

standover