overstand

present singular third person overstands · participle present overstanding · participle past overstood · past overstood

1. raretransitiveTo stand or insist too much or too long; overstay.

   But they that overstand the day of grace, shall not obtain to cool their tongues so much of this water as will hang on the tip of one's finger.

   1688, Bunyan, The Water of Life

2. transitiveTo stand too strictly on the demands or conditions of.
3. transitiveyachting; boat racing; yachting; boat racingTo sail (to the mark) at a wider angle than is the normal upwind angle; to go beyond (the layline).
4. intransitivebusinessTo be neglected and left uncut for too long.

   When a coppice woodland is no longer cut on its regular rotation the rods from the stool continue to grow and the coppice becomes known as overstood. Sadly, in many parts of the country this is the commonest form of coppice you are likely to see.

   2001, Ben Law, The Woodland Way: a permaculture approach to sustainable woodland management, Hyden House, →ISBN

plural overstands

1. The measurement between the top plate and the fingerboard where the neck meets the body of the instrument.

present singular third person overstands · participle present overstanding · participle past overstood · past overstood

1. US black subcultureTo have complete or intuitive comprehension of; to understand fully.

   "But, Sister, it look like you neither overstand or understand"

   1965, Orlando Patterson, The children of Sisyphus: A novel, page 192

   1 more example

   "I need you to overstand this the way I overstand this. Notice how I didn't say understand, because I need you to more than understand—I need you to overstand."

   2016, Khaled Mohamed Khaled, The Keys

   Synonyms: get, grok