Word: overstrained
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: o
ver
strained
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of overstrain; strain excessively
Morphemes:
Affix: over-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: excessively
Affix: strain
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: stringere
Language: la
Decoded: stringere
Meaning: to draw tight together, to tie
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.