OVERREACH

v. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To reach above or beyond in any direction.

2.
v.

To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat. Shak.

3.
v.

To reach too far; as:

4.
v.

To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses.

5.
v.

To cheat by cunning or deception.

6.
n.

The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.


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