overwork

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of working too much or too long

   They became ill from overwork.

2. 2
   verb

   use too much

   This play has been overworked

3. 3
   verb

   To make (someone or something) work too hard.

   to overwork a horse

4. 4
   verb

   To fill too full of work; to crowd with labour.

   My days with toil are overwrought.

5. 5
   noun

   Excessive work.

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

6. 6
   verb

   work excessively hard

7. 7
   verb

   To work too hard.

8. 8
   verb

   To decorate all over.

Etymology

From Middle English overwerken, possibly from Old English oferwyrċan (“to overwork, overlay”), equivalent to over- + work. Cognate with Dutch overwerken (“to overwork”).