overbow (English, verb)
expansion: overbow (third-person singular simple present overbows, present participle overbowing, simple past and past participle overbowed)
Senses:
glosses: To arch over.
tags: poetic
transitive
glosses: To bow or bend (something) over beyond its natural trajectory; to bend in a contrary direction.
tags: transitive
glosses: To bend too far.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To overburden.
tags: transitive
topics: archery
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: To provide (an archer) with a bow that requires more strength than the archer can fully draw.
tags: transitive
topics: archery
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: To use a bow that requires more strength than the archer can fully draw.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To use too much pressure when playing a stringed instrument using a bow.
Forms:
form: overbows
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: overbowing
tags: participle
present
form: overbowed
tags: participle
past
form: overbowed
tags: past