overbend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overbends
form: overbending
form: overbent
form: overbent
Etymology: From over- + bend.
Senses: examples: text: The heavens grow wonderful with purple hue, Soft, rich and deep, peace giving to mine eyes. They overbend the square , Above whose entrance fair The arch , by the Republic set , doth rise In high triumphal state;
ref: 1913, Hanford Chase Judson, Songs Toward the Sunlight, page 19:
text: Long ranges of mountain unfold to the left, and here and there thick willows overbend the stream, where lock-tenders sit peacefully with their families before the cabin doorways.
ref: 1914, George Wharton Edwards, The Forest of Arden, page 2:
text: Almost opposite Clarence House, and immediately adjoining the Swan Hotel, is a lofty and somewhat narrow structure of four storeys, whose twin gablets overhang and overbend the street in quite a serious manner.
ref: 1914, Francis B. Andrews, “The Old Houses of Tewkesbury”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the Birmingham Archaeological Society, volume 40, page 24:
text: About half a mile from St. John's College is the termination of a natural terrace, with the Cherwell close under it, in some places bright with yellow and red flowers glancing and glowing through the stream, and suddenly in others dark with the shadows of many different trees, in broad, overbending thickets, and with rushes spear-high, and party-coloured flags.
ref: 2022, Walter Savage Landor, Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare:
glosses: To bend over.
examples: text: If you sharpen a razor too much you will notch the edge, and if you overbend the bow, at last 'twill break .
ref: 1912, Hans Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen, The Adventurous Simplicissimus, page 277:
text: It is more frequently used to overbend predictable small springback.
ref: 1988, Orville D. Lascoe, Handbook of Fabrication Processes, page 33:
text: This becomes even more critical if you overbend and have to unbend in some area. It can be tricky to spot where the overbend is located.
ref: 1994, Jonathan D. Solomon, William Cumpiano, Guitarmaking: Tradition and Technology, page 183:
text: In light air conditions be careful not to overbend the mast or you will turn the sail inside out.
ref: 2000, Charles Mason, The Best of Sail Trim, page 94:
text: Work carefully; you don't want to overbend the cage.
ref: 2010, Todd Downs, The Bicycling Guide to Complete Bicycle Maintenance & Repair, page 232:
text: Turning to a clean page I over-exaggeratingly overbend the binding for to help the notebook to lay flat.
ref: 2011, Eddie Horton, Just Compass, page 127:
text: There are three simple, golden rules: • do not overbend the hip (flex beyond a right-angle); • do not cross the leg over the midline (adduct beyond neutral); • do not twist in either standing or sitting.
ref: 2013, Stuart Porter, Tidy's Physiotherapy, page 535:
text: When you approach the bottom of the arch on the opposite side, overbend the rebar a bit since it will tend to spring back; then, reposition the rebar against the inside blocks, and continue to have a helper add hold-down blocks until you've created the entire hoop.
ref: 2014, Spike Carlsen, The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects:
text: If you as a rider now 'offer' too much rein contact, the horse will overbend (the front part of the neck shapes into the 'false bend' and the highest point is no longer the poll, but at the second or third cervical vertebra).
ref: 2023, Brigitte Kaluza, Riding with seat aids, page 132:
glosses: To bend to excess; to bend farther than the desired or intended amount.
examples: text: Try not to overbend that B flat.
ref: 1962, Artie Traum, Arti Funaro, The Legends of Rock Guitar:
text: Try it very slowly and listen hard to the sound you make – don't 'overbend' the string as you move it as good vibrato begins with only a minor variation improvement.
ref: 2010, David Mead, A Guitarist's FAQ:
text: However, they do require a lot of control – be careful here not to overbend and overshoot your target note.
ref: 2014, James Martin, Zero Point Guitar, page 74:
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glosses: To increase the tension on a string at the fret, causing the note to sharpen.
examples: text: Some mid-priced models respond faborably to overbending, but they work much better with reed adjustment.
ref: 2009, Winslow Yerxa, Harmonica For Dummies, page 190:
text: It's easier to overbend on harps in lower keys than higher keys.
ref: 2010, James Major, Complete 10-Hole Diatonic Harmonica Series: B Harmonica Book, page 9:
text: While these modifications make the harmonica overbend more easily, overbending is often possible on stock diatonic harmonica, especially on an airtight design.
ref: 2014, Nicolae Sfetcu, The Music Sound:
glosses: To overblow or overdraw in order to create a note that is sharper; to move the point in the mouth where airflow is narrowest forward.