overfeed
verb (used with or without object)
to feed or eat to excess.
have overfed
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present perfectof overfeed.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The mistake is all through that I have told too much; I had not sufficient confidence in the reader, and have overfed him; and here are you anxious to learn how I - O Colvin!
From Vailima Letters by Robert Louis Stevenson
Then I thought some one may have overfed old splice and made him bilious.
From Treading the Narrow Way by R. E. Barrett
The mistake is all through that I have told too much; I had not sufficient confidence in the reader, and have overfed him; and here are you anxious to learn how I—O Colvin!
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Andrew Lang
