overextend

== English == === Etymology === From over- +‎ extend. === Pronunciation === === Verb === overextend (third-person singular simple present overextends, present participle overextending, simple past and past participle overextended) To expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit; to overreach. (linguistics, transitive) To apply (a term) to too many referents, by overextension. (chess, transitive) To push a pawn too far, so that it becomes vulnerable to the opponent's attacks. ==== Derived terms ==== overextended ==== Translations ====