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OVEREATING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Synonyms:

gluttony; gula; overeating

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("overeating" is a kind of...):

deadly sin; mortal sin (an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace)

Derivation:

overeat (overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb overeat

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