[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A cut at or near roof level in a seam.

- In electrochemical machining: the distance between the outside surface of the cathode and the side of the cut in the part being machined.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century (in an earlier sense). From over- + cut

[], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- That has been cut too much; overharvested; (of text) excessively abridged.


Phrases:

Origin:
1940s; earliest use found in The American Economic Review. From over- + cut, after overcut

[], (Verb)

Definitions:
- To cut or engrave so as to cover or efface (an earlier mark).

- To harvest (timber) at an unsustainably high rate.

- To accumulate an excessive number of unexcused absences from classes, chapel services, etc., especially in violation of an institution's attendance policy. Also with object.

- To cut (a seam) at or near roof level.

- To cut or produce a groove in a gramophone record with such amplitude as to run into an adjacent groove.

- To cut or trim more than is usual or desirable.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century (in an earlier sense). From over- + cut