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Overeating

To eat too much.

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verb
  1. 1

    To eat too much.

  2. 2

    To surfeit with eating.

noun
  1. 1

    Gluttony, the act of eating to excess.

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WordDefinition
gluttonynounThe vice of eating to excess.
gulanounThe upper front of the neck, next to the chin; the upper throat.

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gluttonynounThe vice of eating to excess.
gulanounThe upper front of the neck, next to the chin; the upper throat.
gorgingnounThe act of one who gorges, or eats to satiety.
gluttonnounOne who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.
excessnounThe state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.
glutonynounMisspelling of gluttony. [The vice of eating to excess.]
surfeitnoun(countable) An excessive amount of something.
gluttingnounThe act by which something is glutted; a satiation.
gulositynoun(now rare) Excessive appetite; greed, gluttony.
overindulgencenounAn act of overindulging; indulgence in too much; pleasure or consumption taken in excess of what is satisfying or necessary.
gourmandnounA person who appreciates good food.
gourmandisenoungluttony
glutnounAn excess, too much.
overindulgencynounAlternative form of overindulgence. [An act of overindulging; indulgence in too much; pleasure or consumption taken in excess of what is satisfying or necessary.]
supernutritionnounThe ingestion of large amounts of nutrients; Hyperalimentation.
overconsumptionnounExcessive consumption.
too-muchnessnounExcessiveness.
overplenitudenounExcessive plenitude.
greedygutsnoun(informal) An excessive eater, glutton, gourmand.
overnourishmentnounExcessive nourishment.

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