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overrestrain

overrestrain verb: to restrain too much.

Verb

overrestrain (third-person singular simple present overrestrains, present participle overrestraining, simple past and past participle overrestrained)

  1. To restrain too much.
    • Don't overrestrain the mind once it is no longer racing, or overstimulate it once it is no longer sluggish, but recognize that the antidotes have worked and return to your normal practice.2003, Kunga Tenpay Nyima (Deshung Rinpoche), Kun-dgaʼ-bstan-paʼi-ñi-ma (Sde-gźun Luṅ-rig Sprul-sku), Victoria R.M. Scott, The Three Levels of Spiritual Perception, →ISBN
    • Consequently, metal becomes too weak to overrestrain wood and wood gradually recovers, which makes the system of Five Elements come back to balance (Figure 5-19).2009, Men Jiuzhang, Guo Lei, A General Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine, page 86

Forms of overrestrain

third-person singular presentoverrestrains
present participleoverrestraining
past participleoverrestrained
pastoverrestrained

Origin of overrestrain

From over- + restrain.

Questions about overrestrain

What does overrestrain mean?
Overrestrain means to restrain too much.
What part of speech is overrestrain?
Overrestrain is a verb.
What is the past tense of overrestrain?
The past tense of overrestrain is overrestrained.

Words near overrestrain in the dictionary

  1. overrested
  2. overrestoration
  3. overrestore
  4. overrestored
  5. overrestoring
  6. overrestrain
  7. overrestrained
  8. overrestraining
  9. overrestrains
  10. overrestrict
  11. overrestricted

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