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overstretching

overstretching is the present participle and gerund of overstretch.

Meaning of overstretch

Verb

overstretch (third-person singular simple present overstretches, present participle overstretching, simple past and past participle overstretched)

  1. To stretch too far.
    • The idle triumphes, maskes, lasciuious showes
      And prodigall gifts bestowed on Gaueston,
      Haue drawne thy treasure drie, and made thee weake,
      The murmuring commons ouerstretched hath.1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC...
  2. To stretch over something.

See all 3 meanings of overstretch

Questions about overstretching

What is overstretching the present participle and gerund of?
Overstretching is the present participle and gerund of overstretch.

Words near overstretching in the dictionary

  1. overstressful
  2. overstressing
  3. overstretch
  4. overstretched
  5. overstretches
  6. overstretching
  7. overstrew
  8. overstrewed
  9. overstrewing
  10. overstrewn
  11. overstrews

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