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overdrive
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Overdrive
(gcide) | Overdrive \O`ver*drive"\, v. t. & i.
To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength.
[1913 Webster] |
overdrive
(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] |
overdrive
(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] |
overdrive
(foldoc) | Overdrive
An Intel Pentium processor which fits into a
socket designed to accomodate an Intel 486, or into a
special upgrade socket on the motherboard.
(1995-03-27)
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Overdrive
(gcide) | Overdrive \O`ver*drive"\, v. t. & i.
To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength.
[1913 Webster]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] |
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