OVERDOING

Verb

overdoing

present participle of overdo

Anagrams

• doing over, ingrooved

Source: Wiktionary


OVERDO

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



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