overstrain

overstrain is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To strain one's self to excess. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To strain one's self to excess.
2. transitive verb. To stretch or strain too much; as to overstrain one's nerves.
3. noun. too much strain
4. verb. strain excessively

   "He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment"

   Synonyms: overextend

Synonyms

overextend

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in overstrain:

overtrains, traversion

Common word forms

overstrains, overstrained, overstraining

Words from these letters

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