overeat
overeat
Definition
over·eat (ō′vər ēt′)
intransitive verb -·ate′, -·eat′en, -·eat′·ing
to eat too much or to the point of surfeit
overeat
Synonyms
overeat
Usage Examples
Object
- food: Accordingly, people will tend to overeat high fat foods because it takes more to sate the stomach.
- smoking: She has interesting views on eating disorders and regards overeating, smoking and drinking to excess as low self-esteem factors.
- craving: Overeating â carbohydrate cravings, leading to weight gain.
- disorder: The previous occupant may have reacted to the unhealthy fields in his own way, as he had a gross overeating disorder.
- behavior: Compulsive Overeating shows similar overeating behavior to bulimia nervosa, but without the purging episodes.
- change: Changes in eating habits: overeating, changes in dietary preferences, particularly for sweet foods, often cause weight gain.
Used with why or when
- when: If you tend to go off your diet at night or overeat when it comes to certain foods, plan ahead.
Modifying Another Word
- n't: Or are there other things you can do to make sure you do n't overeat?
- not: He is quite fussy in what he eats, and does not overeat.
- rarely: These cats rarely overeat and will soon let you know how much they want.
- again: And there we are, overeating again, out of control.
Preposition: at
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