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overarm

 
Dictionary: o·ver·arm1   (ō'vər-ärm') pronunciation

adj. Sports
  1. Executed with the arm raised above the shoulder; overhand: an overarm throw.
  2. Of, relating to, or being a stroke in swimming that is begun with the arm lifted and stretched forward over the shoulder.

o·ver·arm2 (ō'vər-ärm') pronunciation
tr.v., -armed, -arm·ing, -arms.
To supply (a nation, for example) with an excess of weaponry, especially nuclear missiles.


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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (sports) with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level
  Synonyms: overhand, overhanded


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Dansk (Danish)
1.
adv. - overarms-
adj. - overhånds-

2.
v. tr. - overbevæbne

Nederlands (Dutch)
bovenarms

Français (French)
1.
adv. - (Sport) par le haut (mouvement du bras en brasse)
adj. - (Sport) de/relatif à la brasse (en natation)

2.
v. tr. - surarmer (un pays)

Deutsch (German)
1.
adv. - mit erhobenem Arm
adj. - mit erhobenem Arm

2.
v. - Überbewaffnen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj., -
adv. - με/σε ανάταση πάνω από τον ώμο

Italiano (Italian)
dall'alto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - alto, com o braço levantado

Русский (Russian)
сверху, (грести) кролем

Español (Spanish)
1.
adv. - tirada por alto (dic. de la pelota), por encima de la cabeza
adj. - perteneciente o relativo a un tipo de brazada en natación

2.
v. tr. - proveer a una nación en exceso de armas y misiles nucleares

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - överarms-, överhands-
adv. - över axelhöjd (huvudet)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 举手过肩而投球的, 自由式的

2. 举手过肩而投球

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
adj. - 舉手過肩而投球的, 自由式的

2.
v. tr. - 舉手過肩而投球

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adv. - 어깨 너머로 던지는
adj. - 팔을 어깨 위로 내며 헤엄치는

2.
v. tr. - 무 기류의 과잉공급

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 上手投げの, 抜き手の
adv. - 上手投げで, 抜き手で

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) حركه الذراع أعلى وأسفل الكتف ( كما في السباحه) (ظرف) منجز بتحريك الذراع أعلى وأسفل الكتف ( كما في السباحه)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮בזרוע מונפת אל על בעת משחק טניס, קריקט או שחיה‬
adj. - ‮מבוצע בזרוע מונפת אל על בעת משחק טניס, קריקט או שחיה‬
v. tr. - ‮סיפק (למדינה וכו') יותר מדי כלי-נשק, בייחוד טילים גרעיניים‬


 
 

 

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