overwork

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Pronunciation

• (British) enPR: ō'və-wûkʹ, IPA: /ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk/
• (America) enPR: ō'vər-wûrkʹ, IPA: /ˌoʊvɚˈwɝk/

Verb

overwork (overworks, present participle overworking; past and past participle overworked)

1. (transitive) To make (someone) work too hard.

   to overwork a horse

2. (intransitive) To work too hard.
3. To fill too full of work; to crowd with labour.

   • My days with toil are overwrought.

4. To decorate all over.

Translations

• German: überarbeiten
• Russian: перетружда́ться

Pronunciation

• (British) enPR: ōʹvə-wûk', IPA: /ˈəʊvəˌwɜːk/
• (America) enPR: ōʹvər-wûrk', IPA: /ˈoʊvɚˌwɝk/

Noun

overwork (uncountable)

1. a superstructure
2. excessive work
   • 1878, Phosphorus in functional disorders of the nervous system, induced by overwork and other influences incidental to modern life

     Various disordered conditions consequent upon overwork, which are characteristic of modern civilisation.

Translations

• French: surmenage
• Russian: перетру́живание

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