- overeat
- intransitive verb (overate; overeaten; overeating) Date: 1599 to eat to excess • overeater noun
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Overeat — O ver*eat , v. t. & i. 1. To gnaw all over, or on all sides. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To eat to excess; sometimes with a reflexive; as, she overate at the party and spent the next week dieting. [1913 Webster +PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
overeat — index overindulge Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
overeat — (v.) to eat too much, 1590s, from OVER (Cf. over) + EAT (Cf. eat) (v.). Related: Overate; overeating … Etymology dictionary
overeat — [v] eat too much binge*, eat like a horse*, feast, gluttonize, gorge, gourmandize, overindulge, pack it away, pig*, pig out*, put it away, scarf*, stuff oneself*, stuff one’s face*, surfeit; concept 316 Ant. diet, fast … New thesaurus
overeat — ► VERB (past overate; past part. overeaten) ▪ eat too much … English terms dictionary
overeat — [ō΄vər ēt′] vi. overate, overeaten, overeating to eat too much or to the point of surfeit … English World dictionary
overeat — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)i͟ːt[/t]] overeats, overeating, overate, overeaten VERB If you say that someone overeats, you mean they eat more than they need to or more than is healthy. If you tend to overeat because of depression, first take steps to recognize… … English dictionary
overeat — UK [ˌəʊvərˈiːt] / US [ˌoʊvərˈɪt] verb [intransitive] Word forms overeat : present tense I/you/we/they overeat he/she/it overeats present participle overeating past tense overate UK [ˌəʊvərˈeɪt] / US [ˌoʊvərˈeɪt] past participle overeaten UK… … English dictionary
overeat — overeater, n. /oh veuhr eet /, v., overeate, overeaten, overeating. v.i. 1. to eat too much: If you overeat, you re bound to get fat. v.t. 2. to eat more than is good for (oneself): The food was so tasty we overate ourselves. [1515 25; OVER +… … Universalium
overeat — verb it s hard not to overeat at one of their buffets Syn: eat too much, be greedy, gorge (oneself), overindulge (oneself), feast, gourmandize, gluttonize; informal binge, make a pig of oneself, pig out, have eyes bigger than one s stomach Ant:… … Thesaurus of popular words
