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overhead

  • adjective
  • ōʹvə-hĕd'

Located above, especially over the head.

Example

“Place your luggage in the overhead lockers.”

Other meanings

  1. Kicked over one's own head.

Example sentences

  • “We're trying to cut back on overhead expenses.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

  • “They saw vultures circling overhead.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Old English "oferhēafod".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “overhead” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.