1. wound too tightly or excessively

1. past tense and past participle of overwind

Examples

• The overwound spring broke under the excessive tension.
• She overwound the music box and it stopped working.
• The clock mechanism was overwound and needed repair.
• He had overwound the fishing reel too many times.
• The overwound guitar string snapped during tuning.
• The toy car wouldn’t move because it was overwound.