verb
definition
To make (someone) work too hard.
example
to overwork a horse
definition
To work too hard.
definition
To fill too full of work; to crowd with labour.
definition
To decorate all over.
Examples of overwork in a Sentence
Overwork and stress take a toll on general health.
Our author was still further to resemble the latter writer in a great misfortune; from overwork he lost his sight in 1857.
Depressed by his failure, deeply wounded by the king's favour for Louvois, and worn out by overwork, Colbert's strength gave way at a comparatively early age.
Atrophy may also follow from overwork.
Atrophy can be caused by overwork.
He died on the 12th of December 1894, worn out with overwork.
It was also attacked on the ground that it led to " overwork."
The strain and overwork, however, of the three years of office together with grief at the death of his only son in 1912, had told on his constitution; and after an acute attack of gout, he died in harness at the Consulta on Oct.
He died at Nawa from overwork.
In 1877 his health broke down through overwork.
The Sicilian race of horses would be good but that it is not prolific, and has degenerated in consequence of insufficient nourishment and overwork.
The source of the traditions to her discredit is to be found in a letter written a few years after Darer's death by his life-long intimate, Willibald Pirkheimer, who accuses her of having plagued her husband to death by her meanness, made him overwork himself for money's sake, and given his latter days no peace.
Any strain upon the nervous system, such as mental overwork or anxiety, is a potent cause; or exposure to cold and damp, which seems to excite irritation in a nerve already predisposed to suffer.
On the 6th of October 1891 he died at Brighton, from the effects of a chill following on overwork and excitement.
The work is sore straining; was laid by for three months short time since with pains in the limbs, caused by overwork.
That is not flexibility, but severe overwork and appalling productivity.
On the factory floor, they assure us they do n't overwork their employees.
On the 5th of April 1906, while attending a debate in the Reichstag, Prince Billow was seized with illness, the result of overwork and an attack of influenza, and was carried unconscious from the hall.
It is easy to overwork a paper shredder to the point that it collapses!
In those products, it's best not to overwork the batter.
Yoga works the entire body, yet will not overwork any muscle groups, and so it's less likely to cause any injuries.
Athletes sometimes overwork certain muscle groups and underwork other muscle groups.
Retiring, with his health impaired by overwork, to his home in Newark, he died there on the 20th of May, less than three months after relinquishing the cares of office.
After a brief term of active professorial life he died from the effects of overwork in 1712.
That, constant overwork, constant recourse to adrenaline rather than sleep, meant that power was an undiluted additive.
Do not overwork the dough or it will become tough.
The effect of overwork upon an organ or tissue varies in accordance with (a) the particular organ or tissue concerned, (b) the amount of nourishment conveyed to it, and (c) the power of assimilation possessed by its cells.
Lord Selborne's health had, with the exception of two collapses in 1883 and 1888, which appear to have been due to overwork, continued excellent till February 1895, when he was attacked by influenza.