(adj) outreach, See Also: overreach, out of reach, Example:เขาได้แต่ใฝ่ฝันถึงตำแหน่งอันสุดเอื้อมไม่จบไม่สิ้นเสียที, Thai Definition:เกินกว่าที่จะเอื้อมถึงได้

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

overreach

(v) fail by aiming too high or trying too hard

outwit

(v) beat through cleverness and wit, Syn. outfox, outsmart, beat, circumvent, overreach, Example:I beat the traffic; She outfoxed her competitors

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Overreach

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overreached (Overraught obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Overreaching. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To reach above or beyond in any direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To defeat one's own purpose by trying to do too much or by trying too hard or with excessive eagerness; -- used reflexively; as, the candidate overreached himself by trying to plant false rumors, which backfired/ [ PJC ]

Overreach

v. i. 1. To reach too far; as: (a) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses. (b) (Naut.) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cheat by cunning or deception. [ 1913 Webster ]

Overreach

n. The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses. [ 1913 Webster ]

Overreacher

n. One who overreaches; one who cheats; a cheat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

聪明反被聪明误

[聪明反被聪明误 / 聰明反被聰明誤, cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù] a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (成语 saw); cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one's own good #76496

以卵击石

[以卵击石 / 以卵擊石, yǐ luǎn jī shí] lit. to strike a stone with egg (成语 saw); to attempt the impossible; to invite disaster by overreaching oneself #86738

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

背伸び;背延び;背のび

[せのび, senobi] (n, vs) (1) standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; (2) overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability; pushing to the limit

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Übervorteilung { f } | Übervorteilungen { pl }

overreaching | overreachings

übervorteilen | übervorteilt

to overreach | overreached

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