overtrain

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verb

To train too much or too long.

“I think I've overtrained my leg muscles.”

OriginEnglish train ← Middle English trayne ← Old French train →
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Meanings

verbovertrain (third-person singular simple present overtrains, present participle overtraining, simple past and past participle overtrained)

present singular third person overtrains · participle present overtraining · participle past overtrained · past overtrained

  1. ambitransitiveTo train too much or too long.

    I think I've overtrained my leg muscles.

    1 more example

    Jim overtrained and found that he was exhausted by the time of the competition.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-der.?
  8. Latintrahere
  9. Vulgar Latin*tragīnāre
  10. Old Frenchtraïner
  11. Old Frenchtrain
  12. Middle Englishtrayne
  13. Englishtrain
  14. Englishovertrain

From over- + train.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overtrain,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overtrain.

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