overstrain en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From over- + strain.
Meanings
- excessive strain
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
overstrain en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From over- + strain.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive) To subject to an excessive demand on strength, resources, abilities, or the imagination.
Clover warned him sometimes to be careful not to overstrain himself, but Boxer would never listen to her.
1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:The very phrase of "generous forbearance" shocked her as overstrained; but she did marvel that Lord Avonleigh felt neither pained nor embarrassed in a situation where such sensations seemed inevitable.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 134:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overstrained | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overstrained | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overstraining | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overstrains | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (9)
hu túlfeszít (subject to an excessive demand) · de überlasten (subject to an excessive demand) · de überfordern (subject to an excessive demand) · bg преуморявам (subject to an excessive demand) · sv överanstränga (subject to an excessive demand) · hu megerőltet (subject to an excessive demand) · bg пренапрягам (subject to an excessive demand) · nl overbelasten (subject to an excessive demand) · hu túlerőltet (subject to an excessive demand)