OVERDOSE

overdose, o.d.

(verb) dose too heavily; “The rock star overdosed and was found dead in his hotel room”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

overdose (plural overdoses)

An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.

Verb

overdose (third-person singular simple present overdoses, present participle overdosing, simple past and past participle overdosed)

(intransitive) To dose excessively, to take an overdose.

(intransitive, figurative) To indulge in something excessively.

(transitive) To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to.

Anagrams

• does over, overdoes

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*dose", v. t.

Definition: To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to.

O"ver*dose`, n.

Definition: Too great a dose; an excessive dose.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.

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