overhead

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/ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/

noun 7adj 2adv 2prep 1

Collocations

(adj., adv.)

VERBS

appear, circle, fly, gather, hover, pass, soar, wheel

A flock of birds soared overhead as we walked through the park.

buzz, roar, scream, whirr

Jets roared overhead as the air show began, thrilling the crowds below.

shine

ADV

directly

A flock of geese flew directly overhead as we walked through the park.

nearly

high

A flock of birds flew high overhead as we walked through the park.

low

A helicopter flew low overhead, casting a shadow across the parking lot.

(adj., adv.)

VERBS

appear, circle, fly, gather, hover, pass, soar, wheel

The airplane flew overhead just as we were leaving the beach.

buzz, roar, scream, whirr

The jet engines roared overhead as the military aircraft flew past the city.

shine

ADV

directly

A plane flew directly overhead while we were sitting in the garden.

nearly

high

A flock of birds flew high overhead as we walked through the park.

low

Birds flew low overhead, casting shadows across the garden below.

Definitions

adj

Located above, especially over the head.

Place your luggage in the overhead lockers.

The railway consists of some 18 miles of double track electrified on the overhead principle.

Kicked over one's own head.

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.

noun

The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.

The items or classes of expense not directly assigned to goods or services provided.

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.

Wasted money.

A smash.

adv

Above one's head; in the sky.

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.

Per head; for each individual.

[…] 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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head

smash

noun — a transparency for use with an overhead projector

viewgraph

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Place your luggage in the overhead lockers.

Wiktionary

The railway consists of some 18 miles of double track electrified on the overhead principle.

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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 l

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There was no room left in the overheads for our luggage, our seats did not recline, and the washrooms were right behind us.

Wiktionary

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 w

Wiktionary

birds flying overhead

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, overhead is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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