overdrive

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (verb) /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈdɹaɪv/ IPA(key): (noun) /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌdɹaɪv/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English overdriven, from Old English oferdrīfan, equivalent to over- +‎ drive. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uurdrieuwe (“to overdo, overstate”), Dutch overdrijven (“to exaggerate”), German Low German overdrieven, överdrieven (“to overdo, exaggerate”), German übertreiben (“to overdo, exaggerate”), Norwegian overdrive (“to exaggerate”). ==== Verb ==== overdrive (third-person singular simple present overdrives, present participle overdriving, simple past overdrove, past participle overdriven) (transitive) To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength. === Etymology 2 === From over- +‎ drive, originally referring to gear ratios over 1:1. ==== Noun ==== overdrive (countable and uncountable, plural overdrives) (dated, automotive) A gear, on an automobile, higher than the traditional top gear, mainly to allow better fuel economy at highway speeds. In the 21st century, such gears are no longer viewed as "extra" and thus rarely called by this name. Synonyms: (initialisms) OD, O/D, O.D. Coordinate terms: fourth gear, fifth gear Near-synonym: top gear (uncountable, figurative) A state of heightened activity. Synonyms: top gear; full throttle Antonym: low gear overdrive pacing (euphemistic, slang) Freewheeling (driving a vehicle with the transmission in neutral) on downhill stretches to achieve higher fuel economy and/or speed than otherwise. In colloquial registers, ethnically bigoted variants have been common, such as Jewish overdrive (alluding to the stereotype of miserly Jews) or Mexican overdrive or Polish overdrive (alluding to stereotypes of foolishness and poverty). Synonym: see at angel gear (engineering, mechanical) A gear ratio higher than 1:1: one in which a single revolution of the driving element corresponds to more than one revolution of the driven element. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== == Danish == === Etymology === over- +‎ drive, after German übertreiben. === Verb === overdrive (imperative overdriv, present overdriver, past overdrev, past participle overdrevet, c overdreven, definite or plural overdrevne) to exaggerate Antonym: underdrive to overdo ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== overdrivelse === References === “overdrive” in Den Danske Ordbog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === over- +‎ drive; after German übertreiben === Verb === overdrive (imperative overdriv, present tense overdriver, simple past overdrev or overdreiv, past participle overdrevet, present participle overdrivende) to exaggerate (overstate, to describe more than is fact) ==== Derived terms ==== overdrivelse ==== Related terms ==== overdreven === References === “overdrive” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Adjective === overdrive neuter of overdriven === Verb === overdrive (present tense overdriv, past tense overdreiv, supine overdrive, past participle overdriven, present participle overdrivande, imperative overdriv) alternative form of overdriva