Definition of "overshot" []

• Past tense and past participle of overshoot. (verb)
• Having an upper part projecting beyond the lower: an overshot jaw. (adjective)
• Operated by water that flows over the top from above: an overshot water wheel. (adjective)
• A pattern in weaving made when filling threads are passed over two or more warp threads. (noun)

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• "The gravity of water we use as moving force, the most direct application being in what are called overshot wheels, one of which is represented in FIG."
• "A number of ecological economists claim that industrial civilization has already "overshot" the carrying capacity of the Earth, and "smart growth" is mostly an illusion."
• "Gold also remains underpinned by concerns about longer-term inflation, as well as some uncertainty about whether the equity market possibly "overshot" during the rally in recent months, Mr. Meger said."