overwork

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English overwerken, possibly from Old English oferwyrċan (“to overwork, overlay”), equivalent to over- +‎ work. Cognate with Dutch overwerken (“to overwork”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ō'və-wûkʹ, IPA(key): /ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk/ (General American, Canada) enPR: ō'vər-wûrkʹ, IPA(key): /ˌoʊvɚˈwɝk/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k ==== Verb ==== overwork (third-person singular simple present overworks, present participle overworking, simple past and past participle overworked or (archaic) overwrought) (transitive) To make (someone or something) work too hard. (intransitive) To work too hard. (transitive) To fill too full of work; to crowd with labour. (transitive) To decorate all over. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English overwerc, from Old English oferweorc, oferġeweorc (“an overwork, superstructure, tomb”), equivalent to over- +‎ work. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ōʹvə-wûk', IPA(key): /ˈəʊvəˌwɜːk/ (General American, Canada) enPR: ōʹvər-wûrk', IPA(key): /ˈoʊvɚˌwɝk/ ==== Noun ==== overwork (uncountable) A superstructure. Excessive work. ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== overtime === Further reading === “overwork”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “overwork”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === work over, workover