Associations to the word «Overstrain»

Wiktionary

OVERSTRAIN, verb. To subject to an excessive demand on strength, resources, or abilities

Dictionary definition

OVERSTRAIN, noun. Too much strain.
OVERSTRAIN, verb. Strain excessively; "He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne