overeat

«overeat» in Mova's school dictionary: to eat more food than your body needs — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (overeat, overeats, overate, overeaten, overeating)

meaning for a pupil

To overeat is to eat more food than your body needs. tree →

sense in the lessons

In health lessons, pupils learn that overeating, especially sweets and fatty food, can make you feel sick and over time can lead to weight problems; eating slowly helps you notice when you are full. Holidays and parties are times people often overeat.

examples

• I overate at the party and felt sick. tree →
• Try not to overeat at Christmas dinner. tree →
• Eating slowly helps you not overeat. tree →
• Dogs will overeat if you let them. tree →
• He overeats when he is bored. tree →
• We had overeaten, so we went for a walk. tree →

note

Irregular like "eat": overeat, overate, overeaten. Noun: overeating. "Over-" means too much.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «overeat» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.