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overfeed
verb over·feed \ˌō-vər-ˈfēd\
: to give too much food to (someone or something)
over·fed\-ˈfed\over·feed·ing
Full Definition of OVERFEED
transitive verb
: to feed to excess
intransitive verb
: to eat to excess
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First Known Use of OVERFEED
1608
Rhymes with OVERFEED
aniseed, antecede, beating reed, beggarweed, bitterweed, bottle-feed, bugleweed, butterweed, carpetweed, centipede, chicken feed, copyread, cottonseed, cottonweed, crazyweed, double reed, Ganymede, giant reed, go to seed, interbreed, intercede, interplead, jewelweed, jimsonweed, locoweed, millipede, Nicene Creed, pedigreed, pickerelweed, poppy seed, Port Said, pumpkinseed, quitclaim deed, retrocede, rosinweed, Runnymede, silverweed, supersede, thimbleweed, title deed, tumbleweed, underfeed, up to speed, waterweed
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overfeed
verb over·feed \ˌō-vər-ˈfēd\
over·fed \-ˈfed\ over·feed·ing
Medical Definition of OVERFEED
transitive verb
: to feed to excess
intransitive verb
: to eat to excess
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