v., -worked, -work·ing, -works.

v.tr.

1. To force to work too hard or too long.
2. 1. To rework to excess: overwork a speech.
   2. To use too often: “‘Vulnerable’ and ‘volatile’ were the most overworked adjectives of the '70s” (David Ansen).
3. To decorate the entire surface of.

v.intr.

To work too long or too hard.

n. (ō'vər-wûrk')

Excessive work.

The condition produced by working a draft animal or working dog, an eventing or endurance horse too hard. See also exhaustion.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

A dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.

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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the act working too much or too long
  Synonym: overworking

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The verb overwork has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: use too much

Meaning #2: work excessively hard
  Synonym: exploit

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - overanstrenge sig, arbejde over
v. intr. - overanstrenge sig
n. - overarbejde

Nederlands (Dutch)
zich overwerken, uitputten, overwerk

Français (French)
v. tr. - surmener
v. intr. - se surmener
n. - surmenage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Arbeitsüberlastung
v. - sich überarbeiten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καταπόνηση, υπερκόπωση
v. - παραφορτώνω, παραδουλεύω, παρακουράζω/-ομαι, ξεθεώνω/-ομαι

Italiano (Italian)
lavorare troppo, superlavoro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - trabalho excessivo, trabalho extra
v. - carregar de adornos, extenuar, estafar

Русский (Russian)
переутомить, переработать, задергать, переутомление, чрезмерная работа

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - abusar de sus fuerzas, hacer trabajar en exceso, fatigar el espíritu, excitar
v. intr. - trabajar demasiado
n. - abusar de sus fuerzas, exceso de trabajo, trabajo excesivo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - övertidsarbete, för mycket arbete
v. - överanstränga (sig), arbeta för mycket

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
使工作过度, 使过分劳累, 把...做过头, 过度使用, 使过于激动, 工作过度, 过度操劳, 过度工作

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使工作過度, 使過分勞累, 把...做過頭, 過度使用, 使過於激動
v. intr. - 工作過度
n. - 過度操勞, 過度工作

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 과로하게 시키다, 너무 공들이다
v. intr. - 과로하다
n. - 과로, 초과근무

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 過度の労働, 余分の仕事, 過労
v. - 過度に働かせる, 酷使する, 働きすぎる, 凝りすぎる, 一面に飾る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عمل شاق (فعل) يرهق بالعمل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮העביד בפרך, השתמש יותר מדי ב-, דש, התיש בעבודה קשה מדי, עשה/עיבד יותר מדי‬
v. intr. - ‮עבד בפרך‬
n. - ‮עבודה רבה מדי‬

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