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Antonyms for overeat

Grammar : Verb
Spell : oh-ver-eet
Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈit

Definition of overeat

Origin :
  • "to eat too much," 1590s, from over- + eat (v.). Related: Overate; overeating. Old English had oferæt (n.) "gluttony; oferæte (adj.) "gluttonous."
  • verb eat too much
Example sentences :
  • She should not overeat on the supposition that she has to feed two persons.
  • Extract from : « The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation » by Austin O'Malley
  • I overeat, I have indigestion, I go to a doctor, he gives me medicine.
  • Extract from : « Indian Home Rule » by M. K. Gandhi
  • That means, of course, that practically all Americans overeat.
  • Extract from : « How to Eat » by Thomas Clark Hinkle
  • And you don't need to overeat, and keep on doing it, just because you must eat.
  • Extract from : « How to Eat » by Thomas Clark Hinkle
  • "Well, he never did overeat himself, that I knew of," said the Bishop.
  • Extract from : « The Lions of the Lord » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • On the other hand, to overeat is always a disadvantage in more respects than one.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Try not to overeat at any time, and thus undo the work that perhaps has taken you two or three days to accomplish.
  • Extract from : « Diet and Health » by Lulu Hunt Peters
  • I would have only one vegetable at a time, lest I might be tempted to overeat and lose my appetite, and so spoil everything.
  • Extract from : « The Natural Cure of Consumption, Constipation, Bright's Disease, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, » by Charles Edward Page
  • My reason for this is that fats are the most highly concentrated form of food, and the easiest upon which to overeat.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society » by Upton Sinclair
  • No mule you notice will overeat even when he has a chance, but with a horse it is different.
  • Extract from : « The Frontier Boys in the Sierras » by Wyn Roosevelt

Synonyms for overeat

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