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overspeed en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌəʊ.vəˈspiːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈoʊ.vɚˌspid/ (General-American)

Etymology

From over- + speed.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Speed that exceeds a reasonable or permitted rate.
    • Trashes are clogs strapped round the neck of a dog to prevent his overspeed. 1826, Samuel Weller Singer, The Dramatic Works Of William Shakespeare: Macbeth. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark. King Lear...:
    • Protection devices are provided for engine and locomotive overspeed (maximum service speed is set at 90 m.p.h.); [...]. 1961 July, “The Hymek Type 3 diesel locomotive for the Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 437:
    • Investigating four 'overspeed' incidents during hot weather on July 18/19, RAIB discovered that confusion over where the BESRs [blanket emergency speed restrictions] started and finished, as well as the routes to which they applied, were contributory factors. […] There were no consequences from the overspeeds, [resulting from the BESRs] which had been put in place owing to danger of buckled rails. 2022 December 14, “Network News: RAIB issues briefing on emergency speed restrictions”, in RAIL, number 972, page 16:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overspeeds Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

underspeed

Translations (1)

fi ylinopeus (speed that exceeds reasonable or permitted rate)

overspeed en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˌəʊ.vəˈspiːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈoʊ.vɚˌspid/ (General-American)

Etymology

From over- + speed.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To travel excessively fast or beyond the permitted rate.
    • Caully-flowers over-speeding to pome and head..should be quite erradicated ^([sic – meaning eradicated]). 1691, John Evelyn, Kalendarium Hortense:
  2. (intransitive, sometimes, transitive, usually) To operate an engine or machine too fast.
    • The device should be periodically tested by overspeeding the engine say once a month. 1949, A. C. Walshaw, Heat Engines (3 ed.):
  3. (India, intransitive) To speed; to drive a vehicle faster than the permitted speed limit.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overspeeds Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
oversped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
oversped Tense=Past US lexicographic
overspeeding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overspeeded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
overspeeded Tense=Past UK lexicographic

Translations (2)

fi ajaa ylinopeutta (to travel excessively fast) · fi käyttää ylikierroksilla (to operate a machine too fast)