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overworking |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Overwork \O`ver*work"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overworked}or {Overwrought}; p. pr & vb n. {Overworking}.] 1. To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; as to overwork a horse. 2. To fill too full of work to crowd with labor. My days with toil are overwrought. --Longfellow. 3. To decorate all over From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: overworking n : the act working too much or too long; "he became ill from overwork" [syn: {overwork}]
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