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| bench press |
a weightlifting exercise in which one lies on a bench, removes a weight from a pair of overhead supports, lowers it to the chest, and raises it again. |
| crawl |
a swimming stroke in which the body is prone with the face down, the feet do a flutter kick, and the arms alternate in overhead strokes. [1/7 definitions] |
| garage door |
a door for a garage, usually set on rollers in tracks that allow the door to be raised to an overhead position or lowered to close the entry. |
| pull-up |
an exercise to strengthen the arms in which one hangs by the hands from an overhead bar and gradually pulls the body up until the chin is even with the bar. [1/2 definitions] |
| shower1 |
a device that sprays water from an overhead nozzle, for washing the body. [1/11 definitions] |
| spandrel |
in architecture, the roughly triangular space formed by the exterior curves of an arch or arches and the enclosing frame or overhead cornice. |
| swan dive |
a headfirst dive in which the legs are kept straight, the back is arched, and the arms are straight out to the sides before being brought overhead as the diver is about to enter the water. |
| telpher |
a cable car suspended from, and run on, overhead electrical wires. [2 definitions] |
| tram1 |
the vehicle or cage for hauling loads on an overhead cable system, as on a mountainside; cable car. [1/4 definitions] |
| trolley |
a vehicle, esp. a streetcar, propelled electrically along a track or overhead wires. [3/7 definitions] |
| trolley bus |
an electric passenger bus that travels on tires and draws its power from overhead wires by means of trolleys; trackless trolley. |
| trolley car |
a streetcar that is propelled along rails by an electric current transmitted through a trolley from a wire suspended overhead or laid in the tracks. |
| Tropic of Cancer |
an imaginary line around the earth parallel to the equator and about twenty-three degrees north of it, representing the northernmost latitude at which the sun is ever directly overhead. |
| Tropic of Capricorn |
an imaginary line around the earth parallel to the equator and about twenty-three degrees south of it, representing the southernmost latitude at which the sun is ever directly overhead. |
| vertical |
of, relating to, or situated at the apex or highest point; overhead. [1/4 definitions] |
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