Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overstretch
Participle: overstretched
Gerund: overstretching
Indicative
Present
| I | overstretch |
| you | overstretch |
| he;she;it | overstretches |
| we | overstretch |
| you | overstretch |
| they | overstretch |
Perfect
| I | have overstretched |
| you | have overstretched |
| he;she;it | has overstretched |
| we | have overstretched |
| you | have overstretched |
| they | have overstretched |
Past
| I | overstretched |
| you | overstretched |
| he;she;it | overstretched |
| we | overstretched |
| you | overstretched |
| they | overstretched |
Pluperfect
| I | had overstretched |
| you | had overstretched |
| he;she;it | had overstretched |
| we | had overstretched |
| you | had overstretched |
| they | had overstretched |
Future
| I | will overstretch |
| you | will overstretch |
| he;she;it | will overstretch |
| we | will overstretch |
| you | will overstretch |
| they | will overstretch |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overstretched |
| you | will have overstretched |
| he;she;it | will have overstretched |
| we | will have overstretched |
| you | will have overstretched |
| they | will have overstretched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overstretch |
| you | overstretch |
| he;she;it | overstretch |
| we | overstretch |
| you | overstretch |
| they | overstretch |
Perfect
| I | have overstretched |
| you | have overstretched |
| he;she;it | have overstretched |
| we | have overstretched |
| you | have overstretched |
| they | have overstretched |
Imperfect
| I | overstretched |
| you | overstretched |
| he;she;it | overstretched |
| we | overstretched |
| you | overstretched |
| they | overstretched |
Pluperfect
| I | had overstretched |
| you | had overstretched |
| he;she;it | had overstretched |
| we | had overstretched |
| you | had overstretched |
| they | had overstretched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overstretch |
| you | would overstretch |
| he;she;it | would overstretch |
| we | would overstretch |
| you | would overstretch |
| they | would overstretch |
Perfect
| I | would have overstretched |
| you | would have overstretched |
| he;she;it | would have overstretched |
| we | would have overstretched |
| you | would have overstretched |
| they | would have overstretched |
Imperative
| you | overstretch |
| we | Let's overstretch |
| you | overstretch |
Verbs conjugated like 'overstretch'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overstretch'
overstitch,
forestretch,
hyperstretch,
outstretch,
overetch,
overreach,
overstarch,
overstream,
overstress,
overstrew,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English overstrecchen, corresponding to over- + stretch. Compare Dutch overstrekken (“to overstretch”), German überstrecken (“to overstretch”). See: Dutch '
overstrekken', German, old spelling '
überstrecken'.
Sample Sentences
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The idle triumphes, maskes, lasciuious showes
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And prodigall gifts bestowed on Gaueston,
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Haue drawne thy treasure drie, and made thee weake,
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The murmuring commons ouerstretched hath. [1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC, (please specify the page):]
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1640, Charles I of England, Speech given to the Lords and Commons, at the Benquetting-House in White-Hall, 25 January, 1640, in The Works of King Charles the Martyr, London: Ric[hard] Chiswell, p. 169,
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If some of [the Bishops] have overstretched their power, and incroached too much upon the Temporalty, if it be so, I shall not be unwilling these things should be redressed and reformed […]
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[…] outwardly in Oyls or Oyntments, it mightily helps such members as are out of joynt or overstretched. [1653, Nicholas Culpeper, Pharmacopœia Londinensis, or, The London Dispensatory, London: Peter Cole, page 50:]
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1783, Hugh Blair, Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Dublin: Whitestone et al., Volume 1, Lecture 16, p. 380,
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How far a Hyperbole, supposing it properly introduced, may be safely carried without overstretching it; what is the proper measure and boundary of this figure, cannot, as far as I know, be ascertained by any precise rule.