overfeed

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verb

To feed a person or animal too much.

OriginEnglish feed ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
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Meanings

verboverfeed (third-person singular simple present overfeeds, present participle overfeeding, simple past and past participle overfed)

present singular third person overfeeds · participle present overfeeding · participle past overfed · past overfed

  1. transitiveTo feed a person or animal too much.
  2. intransitiveTo eat more than is necessary.
  3. To feed material (e.g. fuel into a burner) from above.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
surfeit

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishfeed
  8. Englishoverfeed

From over- + feed.

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Translations

Catalan sobrealimentar
  • sobrealimentartoo feed too much to
French suralimenter
  • suralimentertoo feed too much to
German überernähren, überfüttern
  • überernährentoo feed too much to
  • überfütterntoo feed too much to
Hungarian túltáplál
  • túltápláltoo feed too much to
Italian sovralimentare
  • sovralimentaretoo feed too much to
Korean 과식하다
  • 과식하다 (gwasikhada)too feed too much to
Polish przekarmiać, przekarmić
  • przekarmiaćtoo feed too much to
  • przekarmićtoo feed too much to
Spanish sobrealimentar
  • sobrealimentartoo feed too much to
Swedish övergöda
  • övergödatoo feed too much to
Tagalog bultakin
  • bultakintoo feed too much to
Cite this entry
APA

overfeed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overfeed

MLA

“overfeed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overfeed. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overfeed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overfeed.

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