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Overstretch

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To stretch excessively; overstrain.

v. To stretch or extend over.

verb-intransitive. To stretch one's body or muscles to the point of strain or injury.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To stretch too far

v. To stretch over something

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To stretch or strain excessively; overstrain; exaggerate.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. strain abnormally

Word Usage

"The EFCC had also begged the court to send them to prison custody till the time the ruling would be delivered owing to what it called overstretch of its detention facilities."

Verb Form

overstretched overstretches overstretching

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

injure wound

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

strai