Definition of "overbow" in Englisch

verb

1. (chiefly poetic, transitive) To arch over.

2. (transitive) To bow or bend (something) over beyond its natural trajectory; to bend in a contrary direction.

3. (intransitive) To bend too far.

4. (transitive) To overburden.

5. (archery, transitive) To provide (an archer) with a bow that requires more strength than the archer can fully draw.

6. (archery, intransitive) To use a bow that requires more strength than the archer can fully draw.

7. To use too much pressure when playing a stringed instrument using a bow.

noun

1. A structural piece that arches over another piece.

adjective

1. Extending beyond the bow (front of a ship)

verb

1. (transitive) To show excessive deference toward by too much bowing.