- overdrive⇄overdrive (1), noun.
an arrangement of gears in an automobile that produces greater speed, while using less power, than when the car is in high gear.
Ex. Overdrive permits the drive shaft to turn four times for every three revolutions of the e - overdrive⇄overdrive (2), transitive verb, -drove,-driven,-driving.
1. to drive too hard.
Ex. If men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die (Genesis 33:13).
2. (Figurative.) to push or carry to excess; overwork.
Ex. You must n