(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
If you ~ or if someone ~s you, you work too hard, and are likely to become very tired or ill.
He’s ~ing and has got a lot on his mind...
He ~s and underpays the poor clerk whom he employs.
VERB: V, V n
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Overwork is also a noun.
He died of a heart attack brought on by ~.
N-UNCOUNT
~ed
...an ~ed doctor.
ADJ