overstand

verb · nounB2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

overstands

V_ing/Gerund

overstanding

V_ed/pp

overstood

1.
(rare)To stand or insist too much or too long; overstay.
2.
(transitive)To stand too strictly on the demands or conditions of.
3.
(yachting, boat racing): To sail to the mark at a wider angle than is the normal upwind angle, to go beyond the layline
4.
(forestry, of a coppice): To be neglected and left uncut for too long.
5.
(Rastafarianism, US black subculture): To have complete or intuitive comprehension of; to understand fully.
Đồng nghĩa: get, grok

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

overstands

1.
(lutherie) The measurement between the top plate and the fingerboard where the neck meets the body of the instrument.

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Đồng nghĩa

getgrok

Cùng gốc / liên quan

innerstanding

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English overstonden, from Old English oferstandan (to stand over), equivalent to over- + stand. Cognate with overstaan, überstehen.