verb
Meaning 1
To feed a person or animal too much.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To feed a person or animal too much.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To eat more than is necessary.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
To feed material (e.g. fuel into a burner) from above.
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verb
feed excessively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: feed, give
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English feed English overfeed From over- + feed.
Across languages
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.