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Webster 1913 Edition
Overstrain
Oˊver-strain′
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Overstrained
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Overstraining
.] To strain one’s self to excess.
Dryden.
Oˊver-strain′
,Verb.
T.
To stretch or strain too much;
as, to
. overstrain
one's nervesAyliffe.
Webster 1828 Edition
Overstrain
OVERSTRA'IN
,Verb.
I.
OVERSTRA'IN
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
overstrain
overstrain
English
Verb
overstrain (third-person singular simple present overstrains, present participle overstraining, simple past and past participle overstrained)
- To subject to an excessive demand on strength, resources, or abilities
- 1945 May, George Orwell, chapter 6, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:
- Clover warned him sometimes to be careful not to overstrain himself, but Boxer would never listen to her.
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Translations
subject to an excessive demand
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