OVERHEAD

overhead

(adjective) located or originating from above; “an overhead crossing”

overhead

(adverb) above the head; over the head; “bring the legs together overhead”

overhead

(adverb) above your head; in the sky; “planes were flying overhead”

overhead, smash

(noun) a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head

overhead

(noun) (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship

viewgraph, overhead

(noun) a transparency for use with an overhead projector

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

overhead (comparative more overhead, superlative most overhead)

located above, especially over the head

(soccer) kicked over one's own head

Noun

overhead (countable and uncountable, plural overheads)

(uncountable, business, accounting) The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.

(countable, business, accounting) The items or classes of expense not directly assigned to goods or services provided.

(uncountable) Any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to the progress or outcome of the project or activity.

(uncountable, business) Wasted money.

(tennis) A smash.

(nautical) The ceiling of any enclosed space below decks in a vessel.

A compartment above the seats for stowing luggage in a passenger aircraft.

(transport) The system of overhead wires used to power electric transport, such as streetcars, trains, or buses.

(computing) Data or steps of computation that is only used to facilitate the computations in the system and is not directly related to the actual program code or data being processed.

(juggling, by ellipsis) An overhead throw.

Adverb

overhead (comparative more overhead, superlative most overhead)

Above one's head; in the sky.

(archaic) Per head; for each individual.

Etymology 2

Noun

overhead (plural overheads)

(countable) An overhead projector.

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

Source: Wiktionary

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O`ver*head", adv.

Definition: Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the story or upon the floor above; in the zenith. While overhead the moon Sits arbitress. Milton.

Note: Also used adjectively; as, an overhead crane, gear, etc. Overhead engine, a vertical steam engine in which the cylinder stands above the crank.

– Overhead work, a general term in manufactories for countershafting and gearing, when overhead.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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