noun
Meaning 1
excessive strain
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
overstrain
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verb
Meaning 2
To subject to an excessive demand on strength, resources, abilities, or the imagination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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noun
Meaning 3
too much strain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: strain
verb
Meaning 4
strain excessively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: overextend
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: strain, extend
History
Etymology
From over- + strain.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: пренапрягам (prenaprjagam) — subject to an excessive demand
- Bulgarian: преуморявам (preumorjavam) — subject to an excessive demand
- Dutch: overbelasten — subject to an excessive demand
- German: überlasten — subject to an excessive demand
- German: überfordern — subject to an excessive demand
- Hungarian: túlfeszít — subject to an excessive demand
- Hungarian: túlerőltet — subject to an excessive demand
- Hungarian: megerőltet — subject to an excessive demand
- Swedish: överanstränga — subject to an excessive demand