overeat
/'ouvər'i:t/
Definition
- Verb:
- To eat too much food: To consume an excessive or immoderate amount of food, especially in a single sitting.
- To eat beyond the point of comfortable fullness: To continue eating past the normal or healthy limit of satiety.
Usage
- General Use: The verb "overeat" describes the action of excessive eating. It is often used to express a lack of control or a conscious choice to indulge beyond normal limits.
- Grammar: It is an intransitive verb (e.g., "I overate") and can be used in various tenses (overeat, overate, overeaten).
- Context: Commonly used in contexts related to health, diet, holidays, or describing behavior at meals.
Examples
Advanced Usage
- "To overeat on something": To eat an excessive amount of a specific type of food.
- The children overate on candy at the party and felt unwell afterward.
- Used in a Continuous Sense: While less common, it can describe an ongoing habit.
- She realized she was overeating regularly and decided to see a nutritionist.
Variants and Related Words
- Overate: The simple past tense of "overeat."
- Yesterday, I overate at lunch and couldn't work efficiently in the afternoon.
- Overeaten: The past participle of "overeat."
- I have overeaten at every family gathering this year.
- Overeating (Gerund/Noun): The act or habit of eating too much.
- Overeating is a common problem during the holiday season.
Synonyms
- Binge (on): To eat a large amount of food in a short time, often compulsively.
- Gorge (oneself): To eat greedily and to excess.
- Stuff oneself: To eat until one is completely full (informal).
- Pig out (on) (Informal/Idiomatic): To eat a very large amount of food.
Antonyms
- Undereat: To eat too little food.
- Fast: To abstain from all or some kinds of food or drink.
- Diet: To restrict oneself to small amounts or special kinds of food to lose weight.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Make a pig of oneself: (Idiom) To overeat in a greedy or messy manner.
- At the all-you-can-eat barbecue, he really made a pig of himself.
- Eat like a horse: (Idiom) To have a very large appetite; to eat a lot regularly.
- My teenage brother eats like a horse but never seems to gain weight.
Verb
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overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
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She stuffed herself at the dinner
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The kids binged on ice cream
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