Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overeat
Participle: overeaten; overeat
Gerund: overeating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overeat |
| you | overeat |
| he;she;it | overeats |
| we | overeat |
| you | overeat |
| they | overeat |
Perfect
| I | have overeaten; overeat |
| you | have overeaten; overeat |
| he;she;it | has overeaten; overeat |
| we | have overeaten; overeat |
| you | have overeaten; overeat |
| they | have overeaten; overeat |
Past
| I | overate; overeat |
| you | overate; overeat |
| he;she;it | overate; overeat |
| we | overate; overeat |
| you | overate; overeat |
| they | overate; overeat |
Pluperfect
| I | had overeaten; overeat |
| you | had overeaten; overeat |
| he;she;it | had overeaten; overeat |
| we | had overeaten; overeat |
| you | had overeaten; overeat |
| they | had overeaten; overeat |
Future
| I | will overeat |
| you | will overeat |
| he;she;it | will overeat |
| we | will overeat |
| you | will overeat |
| they | will overeat |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overeaten; overeat |
| you | will have overeaten; overeat |
| he;she;it | will have overeaten; overeat |
| we | will have overeaten; overeat |
| you | will have overeaten; overeat |
| they | will have overeaten; overeat |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overeat |
| you | overeat |
| he;she;it | overeat |
| we | overeat |
| you | overeat |
| they | overeat |
Perfect
| I | have overeaten; overeat |
| you | have overeaten; overeat |
| he;she;it | have overeaten; overeat |
| we | have overeaten; overeat |
| you | have overeaten; overeat |
| they | have overeaten; overeat |
Imperfect
| I | overate; overeat |
| you | overate; overeat |
| he;she;it | overate; overeat |
| we | overate; overeat |
| you | overate; overeat |
| they | overate; overeat |
Pluperfect
| I | had overeaten; overeat |
| you | had overeaten; overeat |
| he;she;it | had overeaten; overeat |
| we | had overeaten; overeat |
| you | had overeaten; overeat |
| they | had overeaten; overeat |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overeat |
| you | would overeat |
| he;she;it | would overeat |
| we | would overeat |
| you | would overeat |
| they | would overeat |
Perfect
| I | would have overeaten; overeat |
| you | would have overeaten; overeat |
| he;she;it | would have overeaten; overeat |
| we | would have overeaten; overeat |
| you | would have overeaten; overeat |
| they | would have overeaten; overeat |
Imperative
| you | overeat |
| we | Let's overeat |
| you | overeat |
Verbs similar to 'overeat'
overheat,
overact,
overbear,
overcast,
overcoat,
overcut,
overdate,
overdeal,
overdot,
overedit,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "to eat too much," 1599, from over + eat.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *úp
4. Proto-Indo-European *-er
5. Proto-Indo-European *upér
6. Proto-Germanic *uber
7. Old English ofer-
8. Middle English over-
9. English over-
10. English eat
11. English overeat
12. From over- + eat.
Sample Sentences
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Overeat meat and you will not be flipping the genetic switches to grow a new body; instead, you will be opting for an early death even as you tone and strengthen your muscles. [2019, Alberto Villoldo, Grow a New Body, page 66:]
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Mr. Nollekens, when he dined out of late years, always over-ate himself, particularly with the pastry and dessert. [1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 255:]
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At breakfast they overate themselves with buttered toast, and "had eaten so much that they could not learn with any pleasure," […] [1896, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art:]