Overshoot

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overshoot \O`ver*shoot"\, v. i.
     To fly beyond the mark. --Collier.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Overshoot \O`ver*shoot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overshot}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Overshooting}.]
     1. To shoot over or beyond; to miss; as, to overshoot a mark;
        to overshoot the green in golf. "Not to overshoot his
        game." --South.
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     2. Hence: To go beyond an intended point or limit; as, to
        overshoot the runway in landing an airplane; to overshoot
        the endpoint in a titration.
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     2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. --Hartle.
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     3. To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. --Cowper.
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     {To overshoot one's self}, to venture too far; to assert too
        much.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overshoot
       n : an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
           [syn: {wave-off}, {go-around}]
       v 1: shoot beyond or over (a target) [ant: {undershoot}]
       2: aim too high; "The plan overshoots its aim"
       [also: {overshot}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "overshoot":
     alight, come down, come in, crash-land, descend, ditch, downwind,
     exaggerate, exceed, go beyond, land, level off, light, overdo,
     overgo, overjump, overleap, overpass, overreach, overrun,
     overshoot the field, overshoot the mark, overstep, overstride,
     pancake, pass, settle down, superabound, surpass, talk down,
     touch down, transcend, upwind