"overfeed" meaning in English

See overfeed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-overfeed.wav Forms: overfeeds [present, singular, third-person], overfeeding [participle, present], overfed [participle, past], overfed [past]
Etymology: From 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 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 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over-, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 41 25 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 49 13 38 Disambiguation of 'too feed too much to': 91 3 6
  2. (intransitive) To eat more than is necessary. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-overfeed-en-verb-t07-QcpL Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 41 25 34
  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: 23 11 66 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Walloon translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 19 45 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 41 25 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 22 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 21 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 15 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 27 16 57 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 18 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 27 16 57 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 16 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 14 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 27 16 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 14 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 25 16 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 27 16 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Walloon translations: 27 16 57

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "too feed too much to",
      "word": "övergöda"
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