overfeed

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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.
2. (intransitive) To eat more than is necessary.
3. To feed material (e.g. fuel into a burner) from above.

Derived terms

• overfeeder

Translations

too feed too much to

• Catalan: sobrealimentar (ca)
• French: suralimenter (fr)
• Galician: sobrealimentar (gl)
• German: überernähren; (baby, animal, etc.) überfüttern (de)
• Hungarian: túltáplál (hu)
• Italian: sovralimentare (it)
• Korean: 과식하다 (gwasikhada)
• Spanish: sobrealimentar (es)
• Swedish: övergöda
• Tagalog: bultakin
• Walloon: fornouri (wa)