overeat
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- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 7
/ˌoʊvɚˈit/
(US)
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/ˌoʊvɚˈit/ (US) · /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈiːt/
Definition of overeat
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
- (intransitive)To eat too much.
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verb
- (intransitive)To eat too much.
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(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.”
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(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," […]”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From over- + eat.
Words you can make from overeat
89 playable · top: OVERATE (10 pts)
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2 words5-letter words
13 words4-letter words
25 words3-letter words
37 words- AVE 6 pts
- AVO 6 pts
- EVE 6 pts
- OVA 6 pts
- REV 6 pts
- TAV 6 pts
- VAR 6 pts
- VAT 6 pts
- VEE 6 pts
- VET 6 pts
- VOE 6 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ARO 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- OAR 3 pts
- OAT 3 pts
- ORA 3 pts
- ORE 3 pts
- ORT 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- ROE 3 pts
- ROT 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAO 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TOE 3 pts
- TOR 3 pts
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