different between overdrove vs overdrive

English

Verb

overdrove

1. simple past tense of overdrive

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English overdriven, from Old English oferdr?fan, 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”).

Verb

overdrive (third-person singular simple present overdrives, present participle overdriving, simple past overdrove, past participle overdriven)

1. (transitive) To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength.

Etymology 2

From over- +? drive From the gear over "D" (drive) in an automatic transmission vehicle.

Noun

overdrive (countable and uncountable, plural overdrives)

1. (dated) A gear, on an automobile, higher than the normal top gear.
2. A state of heightened activity.

Synonyms

(abbreviation)

• OD
• O/D
• O.D. / O. D.

Coordinate terms

• 4th gear (in an automatic transmission vehicle)
• 5th gear (in a manual transmission vehicle)

Derived terms

• (abbreviation) O. D. / O.D. / O/D / OD

Translations

See also

• hyperdrive
• understeer
• oversteer

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

over- +? drive; after German übertreiben

Verb

overdrive (imperative overdriv, present tense overdriver, simple past overdrev or overdreiv, past participle overdrevet, present participle overdrivende)

1. to exaggerate (overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Derived terms

• overdrivelse

Related terms

• overdreven

References

• “overdrive” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

overdrive

1. neuter of overdriven

Verb

overdrive (present tense overdriv, past tense overdreiv, supine overdrive, past participle overdriven, present participle overdrivande, imperative overdriv)

1. Alternative form of overdriva