Overworking

WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)

overworking n 1: the act of working too much or too long; "he became ill from overwork" [syn: overwork, overworking]
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Overwork \O`ver*work"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overworkedor Overwrought; p. pr. & vb. n. Overworking.] 1. To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse. 2. To fill too full of work; to crowd with labor. My days with toil are overwrought. --Longfellow. 3. To decorate all over.