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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt;
[syn: overshoot, wave-off, go-around]


VERB (2)

1. shoot beyond or over (a target);

2. aim too high;
- Example: "The plan overshoots its aim"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Overshoot \O`ver*shoot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overshot; p. pr. & vb. n. Overshooting.] 1. To shoot over or beyond; to miss; as, to overshoot a mark; to overshoot the green in golf. "Not to overshoot his game." --South. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: To go beyond an intended point or limit; as, to overshoot the runway in landing an airplane; to overshoot the endpoint in a titration. [PJC] 2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. --Hartle. [1913 Webster] 3. To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too much. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Overshoot \O`ver*shoot"\, v. i. To fly beyond the mark. --Collier. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

overshoot n 1: an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt [syn: overshoot, wave-off, go-around] v 1: shoot beyond or over (a target) [ant: undershoot] 2: aim too high; "The plan overshoots its aim"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

33 Moby Thesaurus words for "overshoot": alight, come down, come in, crash-land, descend, ditch, downwind, exaggerate, exceed, go beyond, land, level off, light, overdo, overgo, overjump, overleap, overpass, overreach, overrun, overshoot the field, overshoot the mark, overstep, overstride, pancake, pass, settle down, superabound, surpass, talk down, touch down, transcend, upwind