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View definitions for overhead

overhead

adjective as in up above

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adverb as in up above

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noun as in general, continuing costs of operation

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As a child, he and his family sheltered in their home while Israel dropped U.S.-made bombs dropped overhead.

From Slate

Battery-powered trains would save rail operators the cost of installing overhead wires on unelectrified tracks, which are found throughout the UK.

From BBC

Current diesel-electric trains are designed to draw their power from overhead lines on electrified sections of track.

From BBC

Trains currently draw power from overhead electrified wires or, on lines without these wires, from onboard diesel generators.

From BBC

This allows it to use up to 50% less fuel when running on lines with no overhead wires.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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