overeat

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
11
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˌoʊvɚˈit/ (US)
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/ˌoʊvɚˈit/ (US) · /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈiːt/

Definition of overeat

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive)To eat too much.
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verb

  1. (intransitive)To eat too much.
  2. (ambitransitive)To eat too much of.
    “Overeat meat and you will not be flipping the genetic switches to grow a new body; instead, you will be opting for an early death even as you tone and strengthen your muscles.”
  3. (dated, reflexive)To surfeit with eating.
    “Mr. Nollekens, when he dined out of late years, always over-ate himself, particularly with the pastry and dessert.”
    “At breakfast they overate themselves with buttered toast, and "had eaten so much that they could not learn with any pleasure," […]”

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Etymology

From over- + eat.

Anagrams of overeat

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