Result from Foreign Dictionaries (4 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Overdrive \O`ver*drive"\, v. t. & i.
To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
overdrive \o"ver*drive`\, n.
1. (Machinery) A gearing device which causes the drive shaft
of an automobile or other machine to rotate at a speed
greater than that of the engine crankshaft.
[PJC]
2. (Automotive) The gear setting of a motor vehicle at which
the overdrive[1] is operative; as, cruising at 80 mph in
overdrive.
[PJC]
3. Hence: [fig.] A state of unusually intense activity; as,
when they got their new supercomputer, their research
kicked into overdrive; one look at her made his heart jump
into overdrive; -- used mostly of the activities of
persons or groups.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
overdrive
n 1: the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or
concentration; "Troops are ready to go into overdrive as
soon as the signal is given"; "Melissa's brain was in
overdrive"
2: a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed
with less output power
v 1: drive or work too hard; "The teacher is overworking his
students"; "Overdriving people often suffer stress"
2: make use of too often or too extensively [syn: {overuse},
{overdrive}]
From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 [fd-dan-eng]:
overdrive
exaggerate
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
