Overshot

6 definitions found

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

  Overshot \O"ver*shot`\, a.
     From {Overshoot}, v. t.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {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
        weight.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overshot \O"ver*shot`\, a. (Zool.)
     Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower; -- said
     of the jaws of some dogs.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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.
        [PJC]
  
     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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overshot
       adj : having an upper part projecting beyond the lower; "an
             overshot jaw"

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overshot
       See {overshoot}