Definitions of overstand:
- verb: (rare) to stand or insist too much or too long; overstay
- verb: (transitive) to stand too strictly on the demands or conditions of.
- verb: (yachting, boat racing): to sail to the mark at a wider angle than is the normal upwind angle, to go beyond the layline
- verb: (forestry, of a coppice): To be neglected and left uncut for too long.
- noun: (lutherie) The measurement between the top plate and the fingerboard where the neck meets the body of the instrument.
- verb: (Rastafarianism, US black subculture): to have complete or intuitive comprehension of; to understand fully
(Definitions from Wiktionary)
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