overstretch

«overstretch» in Mova's school dictionary: to stretch it too far and hurt it — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (overstretch, overstretches, overstretched, overstretching)

meaning for a pupil

1) To overstretch a muscle is to stretch it too far and hurt it. tree →

2) To overstretch yourself, a budget or people is to make them do more than they can manage. tree →

sense in the lessons

In PE and health: warm up and don't overstretch. In news and adult life: overstretched hospitals, schools or budgets.

examples

• Don't overstretch when you warm up. tree →
• She overstretched her leg in gymnastics. tree →
• The nurses are overstretched this winter. tree →
• Buying a big house would overstretch their budget. tree →
• The army was overstretched. tree →
• I overstretched myself by joining five clubs. tree →

note

Past: overstretched. Adjective: overstretched (too busy). Healthy stretching should never hurt.

In the corpora

• A strain is a muscle injury: some muscle fibres are overstretched, often when you sprint before warming up.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «overstretch» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.