overdrive

Senso (Inglese)

Verb

To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength.

Noun

1. (countable, dated, uncountable) A gear, on an automobile, higher than the traditional top gear, mainly to allow better fuel economy at highway speeds. In the 21st century, such gears are no longer viewed as "extra" and thus rarely called by this name.
2. (figuratively, uncountable) A state of heightened activity.
3. (countable, euphemistic, slang, uncountable) Freewheeling (driving a vehicle with the transmission in neutral) on downhill stretches to achieve higher fuel economy and/or speed than otherwise. In colloquial registers, ethnically bigoted variants have been common, such as Jewish overdrive (alluding to the stereotype of miserly Jews) or Mexican overdrive or Polish overdrive (alluding to stereotypes of foolishness and poverty).
4. (countable, uncountable) A gear ratio higher than 1:1: one in which a single revolution of the driving element corresponds to more than one revolution of the driven element.

Concetti

overdrive

affaticare

spossare

abusare

sovrautilizzo

fare uso eccessivo di

stancare

Opposto di

low gear

sinonimi

overuse

fag out

jade

override

wear out

overexcitation

over drive

exhaust

overspeed drive

Traduzioni

afbeulen

afjakkeren

afmatten

übersteuern

ultrapassagem

κατακουράζω

υπερπολλαπλασιασμένη ταχύτητα

πέμπτη

υπερτάχυνση

surmultipliée

survirer

surutiliser

surrégime

saturar

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈdɹaɪv/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: overdriven

Ereditato da inglese antico: oferdrīfan

Affine saterfriesisch: uurdrieuwe

Affine olandese: overdrijven

Affine tedesco: übertreiben

Affine norvegese: overdrive

In summary

From Middle English overdriven, from Old English oferdrīfan, equivalent to over- + drive. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uurdrieuwe (“to overdo, overstate”), Dutch overdrijven (“to exaggerate”), German Low German overdrieven, överdrieven (“to overdo, exaggerate”), German übertreiben (“to overdo, exaggerate”), Norwegian overdrive (“to exaggerate”).