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overfeeding

overfeeding is the present participle and gerund of overfeed.

Meaning of overfeed

Verb

overfeed (third-person singular simple present overfeeds, present participle overfeeding, simple past and past participle overfed)

  1. (transitive) To feed a person or animal too much.
  2. (intransitive) To eat more than is necessary.
  3. To feed material (e.g. fuel into a burner) from above.

Noun

overfeeding (countable and uncountable, plural overfeedings)

  1. Excessive feeding.
    • It must not be wrongly inferred that these overfeedings bring on the attack, for this will occur no matter how sharply the food-supply may be controlled.1893, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, volume 20, number 2, page 452

Forms of overfeeding

pluraloverfeedings

Questions about overfeeding

What does overfeeding mean?
Overfeeding means excessive feeding.
What is overfeeding the present participle and gerund of?
Overfeeding is the present participle and gerund of overfeed.
What part of speech is overfeeding?
Overfeeding is a noun.
What is the plural of overfeeding?
The plural of overfeeding is overfeedings.

Words near overfeeding in the dictionary

  1. overfed
  2. overfeeble
  3. overfeed
  4. overfeeder
  5. overfeeders
  6. overfeeding
  7. overfeedings
  8. overfeeds
  9. overfeel
  10. overfeeling
  11. overfeels

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