different between overlead vs overhead

English

Etymology

From Middle English overleden, from Old English oferl?dan (“to oppress, translate”), equivalent to over- +? lead.

Verb

overlead (third-person singular simple present overleads, present participle overleading, simple past and past participle overled)

1. (transitive) To lead excessively or too much.
   • 1981, Evandro Agazzi, Modern logic:

     If you overlead this question with too binding absoluteness requirements I am afraid that a satisfactory and not dogmatic answer will be rather difficult to find.

2. (transitive, obsolete) To dominate; domineer over; oppress.
   • 1891, Sir Thomas Malory, Sir Edward Strachey, William Caxton, Le morte D'arthur:

     I believe it well, false recreant knight, said Sir Gawaine, for thou hast many long days overled me, and us all, and destroyed many of our good knights.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To affront; treat with indignity.

Anagrams

• Dearlove, overdeal, overlade

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)
  • (adjective, noun): enPR: ??v?-h?d', IPA^(key): /???v??h?d/
  • (adverb): enPR: ?'v?-h?d?, IPA^(key): /???v??h?d/
• (General American)
  • (adjective, noun): enPR: ??v?r-h?d', IPA^(key): /?o?v??h?d/
  • (adverb): enPR: ?'v?-h?d?, IPA^(key): /?o?v??h?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Etymology 1

From Middle English owerheved, over-hed, over hede (adverb), from Old English oferh?afod (adverb), equivalent to over- +? head. Compare German Low German overhoopt, överhoopt, German überhaupt.

Adjective

overhead (comparative more overhead, superlative most overhead)

1. located above, especially over the head
2. (soccer) kicked over one's own head

Derived terms

• overhead crane

Translations

Noun

overhead (countable and uncountable, plural overheads)

1. (uncountable, business, accounting) The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
2. (countable, business, accounting) The items or classes of expense not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
3. (uncountable) 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.
4. (uncountable, business) Wasted money.
5. (tennis) A smash.
6. (nautical) The ceiling of any enclosed space below decks in a vessel.
7. A compartment above the seats for stowing luggage in a passenger aircraft.
8. (transport) The system of overhead wires used to power electric transport, such as streetcars, trains, or buses.
9. (computing) Data or steps of computation used only to facilitate the computations in the system and not directly related to the actual program code or data being processed.

10. (juggling, by ellipsis) An overhead throw.

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

overhead (comparative more overhead, superlative most overhead)

1. Above one's head; in the sky.
2. (archaic) Per head; for each individual.

Translations

Etymology 2

(Sense 1) Abbreviation of overhead projector.

(Sense 2) Back-formation from overhead projector.

Noun

overhead (plural overheads)

1. (countable) An overhead projector.
2. (countable) A sheet of transparent material with an image used with an overhead projector; an overhead transparency.