Meaning of overbow | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To arch over.
   poetic, transitive
2. To show excessive deference toward by too much bowing.
   transitive
3. To bow or bend (something) over beyond its natural trajectory; to bend in a contrary direction.
   transitive
4. To bend too far.
   intransitive
5. To overburden.
   transitive
6. To provide (an archer) with a bow that requires more strength than the archer can fully draw.
   transitive
7. To use a bow that requires more strength than the archer can fully draw.
   intransitive
8. To use too much pressure when playing a stringed instrument using a bow.

Examples

“Now her white lips would kiss away the gore— Speed, Alice, speed, or thou Wilt have but my dead frame to overbow!”

“Like one who climbs a mountain's mighty stairs, and finds himself at length with nothing but the immeasurable sky above him, so from generalization to generalization he ascends, to find himself at length alone with the Alone, embraced and overbowed with nothing but the infinite of God.”

“The clouds and sun that overbow Low nature's movement, they alone have seen Her truth in aspiration's flower.”

“True it is, becauſe moſt in that age ranne riot in adoring of Churches […] the Waldenſes (out of that old errour not yet worn out, That the beſt way to ſtraighten what is crooked, is to over-bow it) denied Churches that relative holineſſe and fit reverence due unto them.”

“The amount by which the plate is overbowed must correspond to the thickness of the mandible.”

“She could pick up the overhead passage of a squirrel or the quiet foraging of Cuna in the sedges and rising bracken growths of the shrine hillside, and sometimes the overbowed tip of brier or hogweed where some harvest mouse or wren or blue tit swung unseen, searching for insects and grubs.”

“In this case, we distinguish overbowed arches, arches with an average rise and arches with a significant rise (Figure 7.2).”

“A thicker back will bend less, and be less prone to overbow and the resultant cracking.”

“Now the next thing that I have to remind thee of is this, that thou take care of thyself: first of thy mind, that thou do not overbow it; and that thou take care of thy body, that thou do not overwork thyself: it will be enough that thou see the work done.”

“'Tis true: yet stronger is the power divine, And oft, when man's estate is overbowed With bitter pangs, disperses from his eyne The heavy, hanging cloud!”

“You are so braced and buttressed and overbowed with slave-driving conventions that you were uncomfortable when I took them away —like a poor creature who has worn tight stays so long that she is jelly that won't jell without them !”

“Not a looming cloud, But may the King's majestic chariot be, That brings Him nigh, when we are overbowed, To dwell with you, O friend, to dwell with me!”

“Another characteristic of an "overbowed" archer can readily be observed by watching the alignment of his back while he is shooting.”

“I know you've heard it before, but no advice on bow selection or shooting would be complete without saying it: Don't “overbow” yourself! Start with a light- to moderate-weight bow and work up if you feel the need to be shooting something heavier.”

“I don't want to overbow a customer because if I do, they're going to get turned off to traditional archery.”

“Don't be tempted to overbow yourself — to use limbs that are too heavy for you.”

“The tendency of all archers is to overbow.”

“The most important rule for anyone thinking of making a bow is not to overbow or underbow. The bow at full draw should be just at the limit of the shooter's strength.”

“The VPO seems so caught up with Bernstein's febrile vision that it overblows and overbows and overbangs frequently.”

“String players should have an unobstructed two meters above them so that they can hear a strong 4th harmonic and not overbow.”

“It can also lead to arm and wrist strain, as in the example of the violinist who, in order to compensate for his hearing loss, may bow harder or “overbow” (Chasin, 1996).”

“Russian officers, especially titled ones, and their families, are naturally exempt from such ignominious treatment, and Alain's small party—all excepting Lustrac, of course, who had at once to go and interview the highest authorities present, so as to spare the touch of ill-bred fingers to Sacha's dainty robes and laces—were bowed and rebowed, and in fact quite overbowed, into the aforesaid room, where the ruddiness of a generous fire showed between the half-open brass doors of the gigantic and home-like porcelain stove, and a basket overflowing with enormous Russian violets filled the middle of the well-set table.”

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