nnoun.statethe state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentrationExamples:- Troops are ready to go into overdrive as soon as the signal is given
- Melissa's brain was in overdrive
Derivationally Related Form:overdrive
Hypernyms:action activeness activity
Inherited Hypernyms:overdriveactionstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.artifacta high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output powerHypernyms:high high gear
Inherited Hypernyms:overdrivehigh geargearmechanismdeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.socialdrive or work too hardExamples:- The teacher is overworking his students
- Overdriving people often suffer stress
Derivationally Related Form:overdrive
Hypernyms:exploit overwork
Inherited Hypernyms:overdriveoverworkworkuse
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.consumptionmake use of too often or too extensivelySynset:overuse
Derivationally Related Form:overuse
Hypernyms:apply employ use utilise utilize
Inherited Hypernyms:overuseuse
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something