"overstrain" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From over- + strain. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|strain|pos=verb}} over- + strain Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} overstrain
  1. excessive strain
    Sense id: en-overstrain-en-noun-pRHFomMB Categories (other): English verbs prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English verbs prefixed with over-: 58 42

Verb

Forms: overstrains [present, singular, third-person], overstraining [participle, present], overstrained [participle, past], overstrained [past]
Etymology: From over- + strain. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|strain|pos=verb}} over- + strain Head templates: {{en-verb}} overstrain (third-person singular simple present overstrains, present participle overstraining, simple past and past participle overstrained)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To subject to an excessive demand on strength, resources, abilities, or the imagination. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (subject to an excessive demand): пренапрягам (prenaprjagam) (Bulgarian), преуморявам (preumorjavam) (Bulgarian), overbelasten (Dutch), überlasten (German), überfordern (German), túlfeszít (Hungarian), túlerőltet (Hungarian), överanstränga (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-overstrain-en-verb-5uQXcFa5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 20 80

Inflected forms

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