English Explanatory Dictionary

overstrain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To subject to an excessive demand on strength, resources, abilities, or the imagination.
noun
  1. excessive strain

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-overstrain.wav

Word forms

overstrain overstrains overstraining overstrained

Etymology

From over- + strain.

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