overstretch verb 2noun 1forms 3 verb2 •To stretch too far.The idle triumphes, maskes, lasciuious showes And prodigall gifts bestowed on Gaueston, Haue drawne thy treasure drie, and made thee weake, The murmuring commons ouerstretched hath. — 1594 •To stretch over something. noun1 •The act of stretching something too far or beyond available resources. formsoverstretched · overstretching · overstretches