Overdrive

5 definitions 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) 2.0 [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}]
       [also: {overdrove}, {overdriven}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "overdrive":
     Hydromatic, automatic transmission, burden, busy, carry too far,
     cogwheel, differential, differential gear, drive, exaggerate,
     exhaust, fag, freewheel, gear, gear train, gearbox, gearing,
     gearshift, gearwheel, go overboard, go to extremes, go too far,
     high, intermediate, keep busy, know no bounds, low, neutral,
     oppress, overact, overcarry, overdevelop, overdo, overelaborate,
     overemphasize, overexercise, overexert, overexpend, overindulge,
     overlabor, overplay, overreact, overspend, overstrain, overstress,
     overstudy, overtask, overtax, overtrain, overuse, overwork,
     pass all bounds, protest too much, rack, reverse,
     standard transmission, stick shift, sweat, synchromesh, task, tax,
     transmission, work
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [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)