The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
OVERSTRAIN
overstrain
(noun) too much strain
overstrain, overextend
(verb) strain excessively; “He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
overstrain (third-person singular simple present overstrains, present participle overstraining, simple past and past participle overstrained)
(ambitransitive) To subject to an excessive demand on strength, resources, or abilities
Noun
overstrain
excessive strain
Anagrams
• overtrains
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*strain", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Overstrained; p. pr. & vb. n. Overstraining.]
Definition: To strain one's self to excess. Dryden.
O`ver*strain", v. t.
Definition: To stretch or strain too much; as to overstrain one's nerves. Ayliffe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BREAK
(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”
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