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Overeat Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Overeat has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

"She stuffed herself at the dinner"

"The kids binged on ice cream"

2

To eat too much.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
eat

Origin

Overeat is formed by combining the prefix over- with the verb eat. It originally meant to consume food beyond a normal or sufficient amount.

Rhyming Words
eat yeat leat beat meat heat teat seat feat neat reat peat pleat cheat creat great treat cleat wheat sheat
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