overdo, exaggerate
(verb) do something to an excessive degree; “He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
overdo (third-person singular simple present overdoes, present participle overdoing, simple past overdid, past participle overdone)
To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to carry too far.
Synonym: exaggerate
To cook for too long.
Synonym: overcook
Antonyms: underdo, undercook
To give (someone or something) too much work; to require too much effort or strength of (someone); to use up too much of (something).
Synonyms: overtask, overtax, fatigue, exhaust, wear out
(obsolete) To do more than (someone); to do (something) to a greater extent.
Synonyms: excel, outdo, surpass
Until the 19th century, overdo was often used intransitively (without a direct object), but this usage is rare in contemporary English, and has been replaced by the phrase overdo it, “to do something too much, in an exaggerated way, or in a way that makes one too tired or endangers one's health:”
I think you’ve overdone it on the food for this evening—there’s enough here to feed an army!
I wanted to have all the weeding done today, but I overdid it and now I’m too tired to go out.
• do over, do-over, doover
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*do", v. t. [imp. Overdid; p. p. Overdone; p. pr. & vb. n. Overdoing.]
1. To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far. Anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing. Shak.
2. To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust; as, to overdo one's strength.
3. To surpass; to excel. [R.] Tennyson.
4. To cook too much; as, to overdo the meat.
O`ver*do", v. i.
Definition: To labor too hard; to do too much.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
