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Definition: Overstrain |
OverstrainNoun1. Too much strain. Verb1. Strain excessively; "He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment". 2. Overstrain oneself. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "overstrain" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references) |
Synonym: OverstrainSynonym: overextend (v). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: overstrain aging (metallurgy), quench ageing, strain ageing. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Fatigue | Tax, task, strain; overtask, overwork, overburden, overtax, overstrain. |
Overestimation | Verb: overestimate, overrate, overvalue, overprize, overweigh, overreckon, overstrain, overpraise; eulogize; estimate too highly, attach too much importance to, make mountains of molehills, catch at straws; strain, magnify; exaggerate; set too high a value upon; think much of, make much of, think too much of, make too much of; outreckon; panegyrize. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Overstrain |
| English words defined with "overstrain": Overstrained, Overstraining ♦ Superstrain. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "overstrain": Dental Occlusion, Traumatic ♦ overstrain aging. (references) |
| "Overstrain" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Overstrain" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "overstrain": overstrain aging ♦ overstrain oneself ♦ overstrain oneself by lifting. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "overstrain"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tension i tepërt (overwork), stërmundoj (punish), rraskapitem (burn out, poop, toil), lodh (badger, beat, fatigue, harass, irk, jade, overdo, overdrive, overstrain oneself, strain, tire, try, Tucker, wear, wear down, wear out, work). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نهك (exhaust, fatigue, fray, frazzle, gruel, harass, jade, macerate, overdo, overload, prostrate, spend, wear), غالى (exaggerate, pitch, romance), ساء الإستعمال, جهد (dint, effort, exert, exertion, labor, labour, overload, overwork, pain, pressure, spirt, spurt, strain, stress, tension, worry), إرهاق (harassing, overwork, weariness), أجبر (bring, coerce, compel, constrain, drive, force, impress, make, oblige, pressure, reduce, reset), أرهق (beat, break, exhaust, fatigue, gruel, harass, labor, labour, lie, load, overload, pump, run down, saddle, soak, squeeze, tax, try, tucker, weary, weigh, weigh down, weight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | напрягам (bend, call forth, exert, hump, intensify, rack, strain, string up, tense), преуморявам (drive, finish, jade, overwork), преумора (exhaustion, fag, overwork, strain), пресилвам (force, overstate, overtax, overtrain, rack, strain, stretch, supercharge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | přepracovat se (overwork), přepínat (overact, overwork), přepìtí, přehánìt (camp it up, exaggerate, overact, overcast, overdo, overdraw, split hairs, stretch), přílišné namáhání, příliš namáhat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | deformationsaeldning (overstrain aging, quench ageing, strain ageing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | liikarasitus (overexertion, over-exertion), jännittää liikaa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | user avec excès, surmener (overload, overtax, overwork), surmenage (overwork), forcer, fatigue, abuser (overindulge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | überanstrengen (overexert, overtax, overwork, strain, to overexert, to overstrain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υπερεντείνω (strain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | למתוח יתר על "מ"". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | túlfeszítés (strain), túlfeszít (to overstrain, to rack, to strain, to stretch), túlerõltetés, túlerõltet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sforzarsi (attempt, endeavor, endeavour, strain, strive, struggle), affaticarsi (labor, labour, sweat, tire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cur harrish e niart. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | overstrainay excessiva tensão nervosa, esgotar (consume, deplete, do in, dry cell battery, empty bottle, exhaust, expend, fatten, fork, impoverished, outwear, overdrive, pump up, rack, run out of, sap, spend, tire, use up, wear out, weary, work out), esforço excessivo (strain, straining), cansar (bore, fatigue, irk, jade, outwear, overdo, Pall, spend, tire, wear out, weary), acumular demasiadamente. (various references) надорвать (tear slightly), переутомлять, перенапрягать (overexert, overtrain), перенапряжение (overvoltage, overwork). (various references) prenaprezanje, prenapregnuti, prenapregnuće, prekomerno istegnuti. (various references) provocar una hipertensión en, hipertensión (high blood pressure, hypertension, intensity), fatigar excesivamente, fatiga excesiva, entrenar demasiado. (various references) överansträngning (overwork). (various references) fazla zorlama, aşırı zorlamak, aşırı yormak (overdo, over-fatigue), aşırı yorgunluk (over-fatigue), aşırı gerilmek. (various references) перевтомлюватися (overdo it, overwork, run down), перевтомлювати (overdo, overdrive, over-fatigue, overwork), перенапруга, перенапружуватися (overexert), перенапружувати (force, overexert, overextend), перенапруження (overreach, overwork). (various references) tình trạng quá căng sự bị bắt l m quá sức sự gắng quá sức. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "overstrain": overstrained, overstraining, overstrains. (additional references) | |
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"Overstrain" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Evertrin, hovertrain, Overstrand, overtrain. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: overtrains. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-n-o-r-r-s-t-v" | |
-1 letter: invertors, overtrain, serration, veratrins. | |
-2 letters: anterior, antrorse, aversion, introrse, invertor, investor, notaries, overstir, restrain, retrains, rotaries, savorier, senorita, servitor, strainer, terrains, trainers, travoise, varistor, veratrin, viatores, votaries. | |
-3 letters: anestri, antsier, aroints, arrives, artsier, atoners, atonies, erasion, errants, evasion, inverts, ironers, naivest, nastier, natives, norites, oestrin, orients, ovaries, overran, ranters, ratines, rations, ravines, renvois. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-n-o-r-r-s-t-v" | |
+1 letter: overstrains, reservation. | |
+2 letters: dorsiventral, extraversion, overstrained, preservation, reservations. | |
+3 letters: anticorrosive, arteriovenous, conservatoire, controversial, extraversions, nonnarratives, overasserting, overassertion, overmastering, overreactions, overstraining, perseveration, preservations, reinvigorates, remonstrative. | |
+4 letters: anticorrosives, conservatoires, conservatorial, conservatories, dorsiventrally, interbehaviors, interrogatives, overassertions, overbreathings, overharvesting, oversaturating, oversaturation, perseverations, prevarications, reinnervations, reinvigorators, reservationist, reverberations, tergiversation, transformative, verbigerations. | |
+5 letters: antiprogressive, conservatorship, controversially, dorsiventrality, dorsoventrality, interoperatives, intervalometers, overabstracting, overadvertising, overcentralizes, overdecorations, overextractions, overregulations, oversaturations, preservationist, reinvigorations, remonstratively, reservationists, revalorizations, revolutionaries, tergiversations, uncontroversial. | |
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HTML Code (1990) (references)O v e r s t r a i n |
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| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, Arabish, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, Sheckagh, Sheckish, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, датски език, датски, dánský, dánština, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danese, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finlandese, Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | hebraishte, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, يهودي, عبري, العبرية, иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, juutalainen, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, Ewagh, Ewnish, Ew, hebreu, hebraico, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей, người Hê-brơ |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, ukrainalainen, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnameser, vietnamilainen, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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