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overtrain

overtrain verb: to train too much or too long.

Verb

overtrain (third-person singular simple present overtrains, present participle overtraining, simple past and past participle overtrained)

  1. (ambitransitive) To train too much or too long.
    • Jim overtrained and found that he was exhausted by the time of the competition.
    • I think I've overtrained my leg muscles.

Forms of overtrain

third-person singular presentovertrains
present participleovertraining
past participleovertrained
pastovertrained

Origin of overtrain

From over- + train.

Questions about overtrain

What does overtrain mean?
Overtrain means to train too much or too long.
What part of speech is overtrain?
Overtrain is a verb.
What is the past tense of overtrain?
The past tense of overtrain is overtrained.

Words near overtrain in the dictionary

  1. overtrader
  2. overtraders
  3. overtrades
  4. overtrading
  5. overtradings
  6. overtrain
  7. overtrained
  8. overtraining
  9. overtrains
  10. overtrample
  11. overtrampled

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