overwork

overwork
    n 1: the act of working too much or too long; "he became ill
         from overwork" [syn: {overwork}, {overworking}]
    v 1: use too much; "This play has been overworked"
    2: work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students" [syn:
       {overwork}, {exploit}]
    

Overwork \O`ver*work"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overworked}or
   {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.
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   2. To fill too full of work; to crowd with labor.
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            My days with toil are overwrought.    --Longfellow.
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   3. To decorate all over.
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Overwork \O`ver*work"\, v. i.
   To work too much, or beyond one's strength.
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Overwork \O"ver*work`\, n.
   Work in excess of the usual or stipulated time or quantity;
   extra work; also, excessive labor.
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OVERWORK, n.  A dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries
who want to go fishing.
    

65 Moby Thesaurus words for "overwork":
      burden, busy, carry too far, do double duty, drive, elucubrate,
      exaggerate, exhaust, fag, go overboard, go to extremes, go too far,
      hit the ball, hustle, keep busy, know no bounds, lucubrate,
      oppress, overact, overburden, overcarry, overcarrying, overdevelop,
      overdo, overdoing, overdrive, overelaborate, overemphasis,
      overemphasize, overexercise, overexert, overexertion, overexpend,
      overexpenditure, overimportance, overindulge, overlabor, overload,
      overplay, overreaching, overreact, overreaction, overspend,
      overstrain, overstress, overstudy, overtask, overtax, overtaxing,
      overtrain, overuse, pass all bounds, pour it on, protest too much,
      scratch, slave, strain, supererogation, sweat, task, tax, work,
      work hard, work late, work overtime