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/ˈoʊ.vɚˌspid/ · verb
(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]).
The device should be periodically tested by overspeeding the engine say once a month.
Trashes are clogs strapped round the neck of a dog to prevent his overspeed.
Protection devices are provided for engine and locomotive overspeed (maximum service speed is set at 90 m.p.h.); [...].
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.
Use overspeed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Overspeed means (intransitive) To travel excessively fast or beyond the permitted rate..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include underspeed.
Caully-flowers over-speeding to pome and head..should be quite erradicated ^([sic – meaning eradicated]).
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