OVEREAT

gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out

(verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; “She stuffed herself at the dinner”; “The kids binged on ice cream”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

overeat (third-person singular simple present overeats, present participle overeating, simple past overate, past participle overeaten)

(intransitive) To eat too much.

(reflexive, dated) To surfeit with eating.

Anagrams

• overate, toreave

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*eat", v. t. & i.

1. To gnaw all over, or on all sides. [Obs.] Shak.

2. To eat to excess; -- often with a reflexive.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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