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overeat en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈiːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌoʊvɚˈit/ (US)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English eat English overeat From over- + eat.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To eat too much.
  2. (ambitransitive) To eat too much of.
    • Overeat meat and you will not be flipping the genetic switches to grow a new body; instead, you will be opting for an early death even as you tone and strengthen your muscles. 2019, Alberto Villoldo, Grow a New Body, page 66:
  3. (dated, reflexive) To surfeit with eating.
    • At breakfast they overate themselves with buttered toast, and "had eaten so much that they could not learn with any pleasure," […] 1896, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art:
    • Mr. Nollekens, when he dined out of late years, always over-ate himself, particularly with the pastry and dessert. 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 255:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overeats Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overeating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
over-eat alternative lexicographic
overate Tense=Past lexicographic
overeaten Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

overeater

Descendants

오바이트하다 (to vomit)

Relateds

pack on the pounds · obesity

Synonyms

overconsume

Translations (31)

pl przejeść się (eat too much) · cs přejíst se (eat too much) · pl przejadać się (eat too much) · uk об'їда́тися (eat too much) · es empacharse (eat too much) · uk переїда́ти (eat too much) · uk об'ї́стися (eat too much) · cmn 暴食 (eat too much) · ru объеда́ться (eat too much) · fr trop manger (eat too much) · ru перееда́ть (eat too much) · ru объе́сться (eat too much) · fr se suralimenter (eat too much) · fi ylensyödä (eat too much) · uk переї́сти (eat too much) · de sich überessen (eat too much) · pt empachar (eat too much) · mi pūponga (eat too much) · ca sobremenjar (eat too much) · ja 食べ過ぎる (eat too much) · ru перее́сть (eat too much) · cmn 吃得過多 /吃得过多 (eat too much) · bg преяждам (eat too much) · cs přejídat se (eat too much) · ja 過食する (eat too much) · sv föräta (eat too much) · it mangiare troppo (eat too much) · gl empachar (eat too much) · nl overeten (eat too much) · ja 暴食する (eat too much) · ko 과식하다 (eat too much)