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overstretch

verb

Etymology

From Middle English overstrecchen, corresponding to over- + stretch. Compare Dutch overstrekken (“to overstretch”), German überstrecken (“to overstretch”).

  1. derived from overstrecchen

Definitions

  1. To stretch too far.

    • The idle triumphes, maskes, lasciuious showes And prodigall gifts bestowed on Gaueston, Haue drawne thy treasure drie, and made thee weake, The murmuring commons ouerstretched hath.
    • […] outwardly in Oyls or Oyntments, it mightily helps such members as are out of joynt or overstretched.

  2. To stretch over something.

  3. The act of stretching something too far or beyond available resources.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA