"overfeed" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overfeeds [present, singular, third-person], overfeeding [participle, present], overfed [participle, past], overfed [past]
Etymology: over- + feed Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|feed}} over- + feed Head templates: {{en-verb|overfeeds|overfeeding|overfed}} overfeed (third-person singular simple present overfeeds, present participle overfeeding, simple past and past participle overfed)
  1. (transitive) To feed a person or animal too much. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Bodybuilding Translations (too feed too much to): sobrealimentar (Catalan), suralimenter (French), sobrealimentar (Galician), überernähren (German), überfüttern (english: baby, animal) [usually] (German), túltáplál (Hungarian), sovralimentare (Italian), 과식하다 (gwasikhada) (Korean), sobrealimentar (Spanish), övergöda (Swedish), bultakin (Tagalog), fornouri (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-overfeed-en-verb-ciQhf48w Disambiguation of Bodybuilding: 41 34 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 22 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 24 28 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 43 27 30 Disambiguation of 'too feed too much to': 91 3 6
  2. (intransitive) To eat more than is necessary. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Bodybuilding
    Sense id: en-overfeed-en-verb-t07-QcpL Disambiguation of Bodybuilding: 41 34 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 22 38
  3. To feed material (e.g. fuel into a burner) from above. Categories (topical): Bodybuilding
    Sense id: en-overfeed-en-verb-XlUly0yW Disambiguation of Bodybuilding: 41 34 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 22 38

Inflected forms

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