Overstrain

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To subject to excessive strain, especially to force beyond a natural or proper limit: overstraining the environment.
  • verb-intransitive. To put forth too much physical effort.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To subject to an excessive demand on strength, resources, or abilities
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To strain one's self to excess.
  • v. To stretch or strain too much.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To strain or strive to excess; make exhausting or injurious efforts.
  • To stretch or strain too far; exert to an injurious degree.
  • n. Excessive strain; exhausting effort.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. too much strain
  • v. strain excessively
    • Verb Form
    overstrained    overstraining   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    strain    extend   
    Form
    overstrained    overstraining   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    strai   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    overexertion    SSRI    eyestrain    deliverability    freeze-out   
     
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