overhead
Part of speech: adj
noun
adv
prep
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: accounting
arts
ball-games
business
computing
engineering
finance
games
hobbies
juggling
lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
nautical
performing-arts
physical-sciences
sciences
soccer
sports
tennis
transport
Etymology: From Middle English owerheved, over-hed, over hede (adverb), from Old English oferhēafod (adverb), equivalent to over- + head. Compare German Low German overhoopt, överhoopt, German überhaupt. Piecewise doublet of overchief.
Base: head
Affixes: over-
Inflected forms:
form: more overhead
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most overhead
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: overheads
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more overhead
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most overhead
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Located above, especially over the head.
pos: adj
examples: Place your luggage in the overhead lockers.
The railway consists of some 18 miles of double track electrified on the overhead principle.
In a city where media companies and hospitals have armed guards, this accessibility is unusual. Inside, drivers sit and chat in between shifts, the overhead fan whirring and causing the dim electric light to flicker over their faces.
gloss: Kicked over one's own head.
pos: adj
examples: It was Rooney, however, who produced a moment of inspiration to score a stunning overhead kick that will live forever in the memory of United's fans and extended City's dismal sequence of only one league win in their last 27 visits to Old Trafford.
gloss: The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The items or classes of expense not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to its progress or outcome.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Wasted money.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A smash.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The ceiling of any enclosed space below decks in a vessel.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A compartment above the seats for stowing luggage in a passenger aircraft.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: There was no room left in the overheads for our luggage, our seats did not recline, and the washrooms were right behind us.
gloss: The system of overhead wires used to power electric transport, such as streetcars, trains, or buses.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Data or steps of computation used only to facilitate the computations in the system and not directly related to the actual program code or data being processed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Network overhead is the header data that is required to route and transport data over the network, whereas fork overhead is the additional time and memory cost of creating and managing new processes within the operating system.
gloss: An overhead throw.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A type of bridge, also commonly known as an overpass or flyover, which carries one form of traffic over another.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Above one's head; in the sky.
pos: adv
examples: birds flying overhead
Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore far below us.
gloss: Per head; for each individual.
pos: adv
tags: archaic
examples: […] the influence of the minister's week-day attentions, first in creating, and afterwards in keeping up among the people of his parish their habit of Sabbath attendance. So indispensable in towns is the connexion between these two things, that were seat-rents let down at this moment to two shillings overhead, or even annihilated, so as to throw open the whole of the church room at accessible prices to the lowest of the people, we shall greatly mistake the result if we look for a great and visible increase of attendance per saltum on the part of the parish families.
gloss: Above.
pos: prep
examples: Cigarette smoke was sucked out through the cracks in the glass of the glazed panes overhead the side street and the parking lot.
Derived words: command processing overhead time
nonoverhead
overhead bin
overhead bridge restaurant
overhead cam
overhead crane
overhead engine
overhead fan
overhead kick
overhead line
overhead press
overhead restaurant
overhead squat
overhead transparency
overhead valve
computational overhead| digital overhead
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