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overhead
I. \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adverb
Etymology: over (II) + head, n.
1. : above one's head: as
a. : in the sky : on high : aloft
< looking up at the stars overhead >
< overhead the terns hovering close — E.A.Weeks >
b. : in the story or on the floor above
< making a terrific racket overhead >
2. : so as to be covered head and all
< plunged overhead into the water >
II. \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ adjective
1.
a. : operating or situated above or overhead
< gardens … equipped with overhead irrigation — Monsanto Magazine >
b. : passing over the head
< an overhead rein >
c. : above the grade of a railway or highway
< an overhead crossing >
d. : having the driving part above the part driven
< an overhead pulley shaft >
2. : general, indirect, or undistributed as distinct from particular and direct
< overhead charges >
< overhead expenses >
III. \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
1.
a. : those general charges or expenses in a business which cannot be charged up as belonging exclusively to any particular part of the work or product (as rent, taxes, insurance, lighting, heating, accounting and other office expenses, and depreciation)
b. : a particular charge of such character
< there were too many overheads — F.D.Ommanney >
2. : ceiling
< a big room with a low overhead — R.O.Bowen >
especially : the ceiling of a ship's compartment
3. North & Midland : a loft in a barn; specifically : haymow
4. : a stroke in a racket game made above head height : smash
5. : the effluent vapor from the top of a distillation column |