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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An overshot water wheel.
2. 2
   A pattern resulting from a plainweave ground fabric and floats of supplemental weft, associated with coverlets in the colonial United States.

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of overshoot form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   powered by water that flows over the top from above (of a water wheel)
2. 2
   Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower, as in the jaws of some dogs.

Adjective

1. 1
   having an upper part projecting beyond the lower wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

protrusive

Related phrases

water wheel

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