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overstraining

overstraining is the present participle and gerund of overstrain.

Meaning of overstrain

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

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What is overstraining the present participle and gerund of?
Overstraining is the present participle and gerund of overstrain.

Words near overstraining in the dictionary

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

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