overdrink

overdrink verb: to drink to excess.

Verb

overdrink (third-person singular simple present overdrinks, present participle overdrinking, simple past overdrank, past participle overdrunk)

(ambitransitive) To drink to excess.
- There is no disorder of any sort; nowhere in or about the Centennial did I see any one who had overdrunk the health of his country.1876, Atlantic Monthly, volume 38, page 107

overdrink meaning in Bengali

overdrink in Bengali

অতিরিক্ত পান করা

Forms of overdrink

third-person singular present	overdrinks
present participle	overdrinking
past	overdrank
past participle	overdrunk

Origin of overdrink

From Middle English *overdrinken (attested only as a noun overdrink (“excessive drinking”)), from Old English oferdrincan (“to overdrink”), equivalent to over- + drink. Compare German übertrinken (“to overdrink”), Swedish överdrycka (“to overdrink”), Old English oferdrynċ (“excessive drinking, drunkenness”).

Questions about overdrink

What does overdrink mean?: Overdrink means to drink to excess.
What is overdrink in Bengali?: Overdrink in Bengali is অতিরিক্ত পান করা. See Overdrink meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is overdrink?: Overdrink is a verb.
What is the past tense of overdrink?: The past tense of overdrink is overdrank.

Words near overdrink in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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