Definition of: overhand

(ō′vər·hand′) adjective
1. In baseball, delivering the ball, or delivered, as the ball, with the hand well above the level of the elbow or shoulder.
2. Made by carrying the thread over and over, as a seam.
3. With the hand above the object which it holds, seizes, or throws.
4. Striking downward.
—adverb In an overhand manner.
—v.t. In sewing, to overcast.
—noun
1. An overhand stroke or delivery in baseball or tennis; also, a ball so served or delivered.
2. The act or method of such delivery or stroke.
3. A kind of knot. See illustration under KNOT.