overdrive
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English overdriven inherited from Old English oferdrīfan affix from English drive.
Origin
English
drive
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Orion drive English
- bedrive English
- codrive English
- drivable English
- drive English
- driveable English
- driveaway English
- drivebolt English
- drivee English
- drivehead English
- driveless English
- drivelike English
- driveline English
- drivepipe English
- driver English
- driveshaft English
- driveshed English
- drivest English
- driveth English
- drivetime English
- drivetrain English
- driveway English
- driving English
- floppy diskette drive English
- fordrive English
- hyperdrive English
- microdrive English
- misdrive English
- multidrive English
- outdrive English
- piledrive English
- redrive English
- spacedrive English
- stardrive English
- sterndrive English
- todrive English
- underdrive English
- war-drive English
- wardrive English
- draivi Finnish
- Drive German
- treiben German
- übertreiben German
- drijven Dutch, Flemish
- overdrijven Dutch, Flemish
- драйв Russian
- overdrive Norwegian Bokmål
- drive Portuguese
- オーバードライブ Japanese
- oferdrīfan Old English
- driven Middle English
- overdriven Middle English
- drajvo Esperanto
- ไดรฟ์ Thai
- drayb Cebuano
- 드라이브 Korean
- kalaiwa Hawaiian
- drive
- driver
- drivee
- todrive
- drivest
- redrive
- driveth
- codrive
- driving
- bedrive
- driveway
- fordrive
- outdrive
- misdrive
- wardrive
- drivable
- drivepipe
- driveable
- war-drive
- driveless
- stardrive
- drivebolt
- driveshed
- drivelike
- drivetime
- piledrive
- driveaway
- drivehead
- driveline
- underdrive
- sterndrive
- microdrive
- multidrive
- drivetrain
- spacedrive
- driveshaft
- hyperdrive
- Orion drive
- floppy diskette drive