3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overstrain \O`ver*strain"\, v. t.
To stretch or strain too much as to overstrain one's nerves.
--Ayliffe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overstrain \O`ver*strain"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Overstrained};
p. pr & vb n. {Overstraining}.]
To strain one's self to excess. --Dryden.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
overstrain
n : too much strain
v 1: strain excessively; "He overextended himself when he
accepted the additional assignment" [syn: {overextend}]
2: overstrain oneself
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