overbow

== English == === Etymology 1 === From over- +‎ bow. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (verb) /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbəʊ/ IPA(key): (noun) /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbəʊ/ Hyphenation: over‧bow ==== Verb ==== overbow (third-person singular simple present overbows, present participle overbowing, simple past and past participle overbowed) (chiefly poetic, transitive) To arch over. (transitive) To bow or bend (something) over beyond its natural trajectory; to bend in a contrary direction. (intransitive) To bend too far. (transitive) To overburden. (archery, transitive) To provide (an archer) with a bow that requires more strength than the archer can fully draw. (archery, intransitive) To use a bow that requires more strength than the archer can fully draw. To use too much pressure when playing a stringed instrument using a bow. ==== Noun ==== overbow (plural overbows) A structural piece that arches over another piece. === Etymology 2 === From over- +‎ bow. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbaʊ/ Hyphenation: over‧bow ==== Adjective ==== overbow (not comparable) Extending beyond the bow (front of a ship) === Etymology 3 === From over- +‎ bow. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbaʊ/ Hyphenation: over‧bow ==== Verb ==== overbow (third-person singular simple present overbows, present participle overbowing, simple past and past participle overbowed) (transitive) To show excessive deference toward by too much bowing.