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overstrain

overstrain verb: to subject to an excessive demand on strength, resources, abilities, or the imagination.

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To subject to an excessive demand on strength, resources, abilities, or the imagination.
    • The very phrase of "generous forbearance" shocked her as overstrained; but she did marvel that Lord Avonleigh felt neither pained nor embarrassed in a situation where such sensations seemed inevitable.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 134
    • Clover warned him sometimes to be careful not to overstrain himself, but Boxer would never listen to her.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC

Noun

overstrain

  1. excessive strain

overstrain meaning in Tamil

overstrain in Tamil

காலம் மீறித் தங்கல், உளப்பிணி மிகைக் களைப்பு, உளப்பிணிக் களைப்பு

Forms of overstrain

third-person singular presentoverstrains
present participleoverstraining
past participleoverstrained
pastoverstrained

Origin of overstrain

From over- + strain.

Questions about overstrain

What does overstrain mean?
Overstrain means to subject to an excessive demand on strength, resources, abilities, or the imagination.
What is overstrain in Tamil?
Overstrain in Tamil is காலம் மீறித் தங்கல், உளப்பிணி மிகைக் களைப்பு, உளப்பிணிக் களைப்பு. See Overstrain meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is overstrain?
Overstrain can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of overstrain?
The past tense of overstrain is overstrained.

Words near overstrain in the dictionary

  1. overstow
  2. overstowage
  3. overstowed
  4. overstowing
  5. overstows
  6. overstrain
  7. overstrained
  8. overstraining
  9. overstraining disease
  10. overstrains
  11. Overstrand

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overstrain (page history and authors); overstrain (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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