Definition of Overstretched

1. Verb. (past of overstretch) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overstretched

1. overstretch [v] - See also: overstretch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overstretched

overstrain
overstrained
overstraining
overstrains
overstraitly
overstraw
overstrawed
overstrawing
overstrawn
overstrenuous
overstress
overstressed
overstresses
overstressing
overstretch
overstretched (current term)
overstretches
overstretching
overstrew
overstrewed
overstrewing
overstrewn
overstrews
overstrict
overstridden
overstride
overstrides
overstriding
overstrike
overstrikes

Literary usage of Overstretched

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer by Richard Burn (1820)
"... inspector, or supervisor, who last measured the same ; he shall forfeit for the first half-yard overstretched in length, 5s.; and for every quarter of a ..."

2. A Text-book of obstetrics by Barton Cooke Hirst (1909)
"In these structures the process is mainly one of retraction of overstretched tissue ; but there is, in addition, a certain amount of degeneration and ..."

3. A Textbook of Obstetrics by Barton Cooke Hirst (1898)
"In these structures the process is mainly one of retraction of overstretched tissue ; but there is, in addition, a certain amount of degeneration and ..."

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