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Showing words for OVERSHOT using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Overshot

overshot

7 Letter Words for Overshot

hooters, hoovers, orthose, overhot, oversot, reshoot, sheroot, shooter, soother

6 Letter Words for Overshot

hooter, hoover, hooves, horste, hoster, hovers, orthos, others, reshot, rostov, seroot, shover, sooter, soothe, stover, strove, throes, torose, tosher, troves, voters

5 Letter Words for Overshot

estro, ethos, hoers, hoose, hoots, hoove, horse, horst, hoser, hover, hoves, ortho, orvet, other, overs, overt, ovest, roose, roost, roots, roove, roset, rotes, rotos, roves, rovet, servo, shoor, shoot, shore, short, shote, shove, soote, sooth, sotho, stero, store, stove, tehrs, theor, theos, thore, thoro, those, throe, toher, tohos, toosh, tores, toros, torse, torso, torve, trove, verso, verst, verts, voter, votes

4 Letter Words for Overshot

eros, ersh, erst, erth, eths, hero, hers, hert, hest, hets, hoer, hoes, hoos, hoot, hore, hors, hort, hose, host, hote, hots, hove, ohos, oohs, oose, oots, oreo, ores, orth, orts, otoe, over, rehs, rest, rets, revs, rheo, rhet, rhos, roes, roos, root, rose, rost, rote, roto, rots, rove, seor, sero, sert, serv, seth, sher, shet, shoe, shoo, shor, shot, soho, soot, sore, sort, soth, ster, stor, stre, tehr, thoo, thor, thos, thro, toes, toho, tore, toro, tors, tose, tosh, tres, vers, vert, vest, veto, vets, voes, voet, vors, vote

3 Letter Words for Overshot

ehs, eos, ers, ert, esr, est, eth, heo, her, hes, het, hoe, hoo, hor, hos, hot, hrs, hts, oer, oes, oho, ohs, ohv, ooh, oor, oos, oot, ore, ors, ort, ose, oto, reh, res, rev, rhe, rho, roe, roo, ros, rot, rte, ser, set, she, sho, shr, sht, sot, sov, str, ter, tes, the, tho, toe, too, tor, tos, tov, trs, tsh, ver, vet, voe, vor

Definitions for Overshot

[1] driven over the top of, as by water passing over from above.
[2] having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, as a dog.
[3] simple past tense and past participle of overshoot.
[4] (in weaving) a pattern formed when filling threads are passed over several warp threads at a time.
[5] to shoot or go over, beyond, or above; miss: The missile overshot its target.
[6] to pass or go by or beyond (a point, limit, etc.): to overshoot a stop sign.
[7] to shoot or pour down over: turbulent water overshooting the top of the dam.
[8] to overreach (oneself or itself); go further than is intended or proper; go too far: It looked as though his self-confidence had overshot itself.
[9] (of an aircraft or pilot) to fly too far along (a landing strip) in attempting to land.
[10] to fly or go beyond.
[11] to shoot over or above a mark.
[12] a shooting beyond a specified point or target: two overshoots in the missile test series.
[13] the amount of excessive distance in a trajectory or route: a two-mile overshoot on the artillery range.
[14] having or designating an upper jaw that projects beyond the lower jaw, esp when considered as an abnormality
[15] (of a water wheel) driven by a flow of water that passes over the wheel rather than under it Compare undershot
[16] to shoot or go beyond (a mark or target)
[17] to cause (an aircraft) to fly or taxi too far along (a runway) during landing or taking off, or (of an aircraft) to fly or taxi too far along a runway
[18] (tr) to pass swiftly over or down over, as water over a wheel
[19] an act or instance of overshooting
[20] the extent of such overshooting
[21] a momentary excessive response of an electrical or mechanical system

Words related to Overshot

leave, skip, inundate, deluge, overwhelm, choke, ravage, beset, overflow, invade, cover, digress, evade, nullify, abandon, switch, cancel, miss, drop, forget

Words nearby Overshot

overshare, overshine, overshirt, overshoe, overshoot, overshot, overshot wheel, overside, oversight, oversimplify, oversize

Origin of Overshot

otMiddle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at over-, shoot1

Synonyms for Overshot

leave, skip, abandon, cancel, cover, digress, evade, miss, nullify, switch, clear out, cross out, pass over