overlabor

  • 1Overlabor — O ver*la bor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overlabored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overlaboring}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To cause to labor excessively; to overwork. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To labor upon excessively; to refine unduly. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2overlabor — v.t. * * * …

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  • 3overlabor — o ver•la′bor v. t …

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  • 4overlabor — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ transitive verb : overwork * * * v.t …

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  • 5Overlabored — Overlabor O ver*la bor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overlabored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overlaboring}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To cause to labor excessively; to overwork. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To labor upon excessively; to refine unduly. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 6Overlaboring — Overlabor O ver*la bor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overlabored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overlaboring}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To cause to labor excessively; to overwork. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To labor upon excessively; to refine unduly. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 7Toil — Toil, v. t. 1. To weary; to overlabor. [Obs.] Toiled with works of war. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To labor; to work; often with out. [R.] [1913 Webster] Places well toiled and husbanded. Holland. [1913 Webster] [I] toiled out my uncouth passage.… …

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  • 8exaggerate — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, ballyhoo, be untruthful, beef up, belie, blow up, build up, burlesque, camouflage, caricature, carry too far, color, complicate, concentrate, condense, consolidate, deceive,… …

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  • 9exhaust — Synonyms and related words: abate, ablate, absorb, assimilate, attenuate, avenue, backwash, bankrupt, beat, blackdamp, bleed, bleed white, blow, blow out, blowhole, blunt, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out, broach, burden, burn out,… …

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  • 10go overboard — Synonyms and related words: carry too far, exaggerate, exhaust, go to extremes, go too far, know no bounds, overact, overcarry, overdevelop, overdo, overdrive, overelaborate, overemphasize, overexercise, overexert, overexpend, overindulge,… …

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