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# overeat

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

«overeat» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To overeat is to eat more food than your body needs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overeat/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overeat/#x1)
- Try not to overeat at Christmas dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overeat/#x2)
- Eating slowly helps you not overeat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overeat/#x3)
- Dogs will overeat if you let them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overeat/#x4)
- He overeats when he is bored. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overeat/#x5)
- We had overeaten, so we went for a walk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overeat/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «overeat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overeat/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«overeat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/overeat.html) on Mova free.