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Synonyms for overfeed
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : oh-ver-feed |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈfid |
Top 10 synonyms for overfeed Other synonyms for the word overfeed
- cram
- deluge
- devour
- distend
- eat
- expand
- feast
- feed
- fill
- flood
- gain weight
- glut
- gorge
- hog
- increase
- inundate
- jade
- load
- make a pig of
- overfeed
- overindulge
- overload
- overstock
- overwhelm
- pack
- pall
- plump
- put flesh on
- put on weight
- raven
- round out
- sate
- satiate
- satisfy
- saturate
- spread
- stuff
- surfeit
- thicken
- thrive
- wax
- wolf
Définition of overfeed
Origin :- also over-feed, c.1600, from over- + feed (v.). Related: overfed; overfeeding.
- As in surfeit : verb overfill
- As in fatten : verb grow or make bigger; nourish
- As in glut : verb choke; oversupply
- We have to be careful not to overfeed the guests, and yet we must be sure that they have enough to eat.
- Extract from : « Pond and Stream » by Arthur Ransome
- Why should I overdrink and overfeed myself and give my strength to follies?
- Extract from : « His Grace of Osmonde » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Blair shouted, "Lennard's a born hospital nurse, but he'll overfeed your patient."
- Extract from : « A Dream of the North Sea » by James Runciman
- The London public, he said, overfeed themselves with music; they cannot healthily digest the lengthy menu provided for them.
- Extract from : « Wagner as I Knew Him » by Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger
- Manure well; but remember that it is possible to overfeed the soil of a garden, so as to render it unproductive.
- Extract from : « Soil Culture » by J. H. Walden
- We starve the healthful emotions of children in order that we may overfeed their intellects.
- Extract from : « Christmas-Tide » by Elizabeth Harrison
- But to overfeed a passage hawk before putting her up to wait on, is to court the loss of her.
- Extract from : « The Art and Practice of Hawking » by Edward B. Michell
- It is a much more serious risk to overfeed the baby than to underfeed him.
- Extract from : « The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) » by W. Grant Hague
- Do not overfeed the gray; Give a plenty to the bay; And be careful with your lantern when you go among the hay.
- Extract from : « Farm Ballads » by Will Carleton
- Some of the Guardians privately hinted to the master that it was unnecessary to overfeed the infant.
- Extract from : « Ginx's Baby » by Edward Jenkins
Antonyms for overfeed
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