# overextend

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit; to overreach.
2. To apply (a term) to too many referents, by overextension.
3. To push a pawn too far, so that it becomes vulnerable to the opponent's attacks.

## Etymology
From over- + extend.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/overextend