overreach
An act of extending or reaching over, especially if too far or too muchAn act of extending or reaching over, especially if too far or too much; overextension.
Meaning
2 senses(also, countable, figuratively, uncountable)An act of extending or reaching over, especially if too far or too much; overextension.
Übergriffigkeit, Übergriff
(countable, uncountable)Of a horse: an act of striking the heel of a forefoot with the toe of a hindfoot; an injury caused by this action.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
The verb is from Middle English overrechen (“to rise above; to extend beyond or over; to eThe verb is from Middle English overrechen (“to rise above; to extend beyond or over; to encroach; to catch, overtake; to reach; to obtain wrongfully (?); to take up (a book) to revise it”) [and other forms], equivalent to over- + reach; the noun is derived from the verb or from the phrase to reach over.
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Forms
plural: overreaches| Singular | overreach |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable