overstrain

English

Etymology

Verb

overstrain (third-person singular simple present overstrains, present participle overstraining, simple past and past participle overstrained)

(transitive, intransitive) To subject to an excessive demand on strength, resources, or abilities
- 1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 6, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:
  
  Clover warned him sometimes to be careful not to overstrain himself, but Boxer would never listen to her.

Translations

subject to an excessive demand

Hungarian: túlfeszít (hu)

Swedish: överanstränga (sv)

Noun

overstrain

excessive strain

Anagrams

overtrains

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