overstand (English, verb)
expansion: overstand (third-person singular simple present overstands, present participle overstanding, simple past and past participle overstood)
Senses:
glosses: To stand or insist too much or too long; overstay.
tags: rare
glosses: To stand too strictly on the demands or conditions of.
tags: transitive
qualifier: yachting; boat racing; yachting; boat racing
glosses: To sail to the mark at a wider angle than is the normal upwind angle, to go beyond the layline
topics: business
forestry
glosses: To be neglected and left uncut for too long.
raw_tags: of a coppice
Forms:
form: overstands
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: overstanding
tags: participle
present
form: overstood
tags: participle
past
form: overstood
tags: past