OVERDONE

overdone

(adjective) cooked too long but still edible

exaggerated, overdone, overstated

(adjective) represented as greater than is true or reasonable; “an exaggerated opinion of oneself”

OVERDO

overdo, exaggerate

(verb) do something to an excessive degree; “He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

overdone (comparative more overdone, superlative most overdone)

Cooked too much.

Exaggerated.

Repeated too often; hackneyed.

Verb

overdone

past participle of overdo

Anagrams

• done over

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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Coffee Trivia

Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.

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