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overworking

overworking is the present participle and gerund of overwork.

Meaning of overwork

Verb

overwork (third-person singular simple present overworks, present participle overworking, simple past and past participle overworked or (archaic) overwrought)

  1. (transitive) To make (someone or something) work too hard.
    • to overwork a horse
  2. (intransitive) To work too hard.
  3. (transitive) To fill too full of work; to crowd with labour.
    • My days with toil are overwrought.1874, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Aigalades
  4. (transitive) To decorate all over.

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Questions about overworking

What is overworking the present participle and gerund of?
Overworking is the present participle and gerund of overwork.

Words near overworking in the dictionary

  1. overwordy
  2. overwore
  3. overwork
  4. overworked
  5. overworkedness
  6. overworking
  7. overworks
  8. overworld
  9. overworld map
  10. overworld maps
  11. overworlds

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