Definition of overstrains Overstrains
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What does overstrains mean?
Part of speech
🔤- overstrains, verb, present, 3rd person singular of overstrain (infinitive).
- overstrains, noun, plural of overstrain.
WordNet
NounPlural: overstrains |
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| overstrain - too much strain | ||
| strain an intense or violent exertion | ||
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| overstrain - strain excessively; "He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment" | ||
| overextend | ||
| strain, extend use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- overstrain (v. i.)
To strain one's self to excess. - overstrain (v. t.)
To stretch or strain too much; as to overstrain one's nerves.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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overstrain
ōvėr-strān′, v.t. and v.i. to strain or stretch too far.—n. too great strain.—adj. Overstrained′, strained to excess: exaggerated
Part of speech
🔤- overstrain, verb, present, 1st person singular of overstrain (infinitive).
- overstrain, verb (infinitive).
- overstrain, noun, singular of overstrains.
