"overwork" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk/ [UK], /ˌoʊvɚˈwɝk/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overwork (verb).wav [UK] Forms: overwork [canonical], overworks [third-person, singular], overworked [past], overworked [past, participle], overworking [present, participle]
enPR: ō'və-wûkʹ [UK], ō'vər-wûrkʹ [US] Etymology: over- + work Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|over|work}} over- + work Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you overwork someone, you make them work too hard.
    Sense id: simple-overwork-en-verb-s4zVKlBm
  2. If you overwork, you work too hard.
    Sense id: simple-overwork-en-verb-YziCJRJ- Categories (other): Verbs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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