Definition: overeat
Source: WordNet (r) 1.7
overeat
v : overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself [syn: gorge,
ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff,
engorge, overgorge, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize,
binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out] [ant: nibble]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Overeat \O`ver*eat"\, v. t. & i. 1. To gnaw all over, or on all sides. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. To eat to excess; -- often with a reflexive.
Source: THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
OVEREAT, v. To dine.
Hail, Gastronome, Apostle of Excess,
Well skilled to overeat without distress!
Thy great invention, the unfatal feast,
Shows Man's superiority to Beast.
John Boop
