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overhead
adjective as in up above
adverb as in up above
Example Sentences
As a child, he and his family sheltered in their home while Israel dropped U.S.-made bombs dropped overhead.
Battery-powered trains would save rail operators the cost of installing overhead wires on unelectrified tracks, which are found throughout the UK.
Current diesel-electric trains are designed to draw their power from overhead lines on electrified sections of track.
Trains currently draw power from overhead electrified wires or, on lines without these wires, from onboard diesel generators.
This allows it to use up to 50% less fuel when running on lines with no overhead wires.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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