verbWord forms: -feeds, -feeding or -fed(transitive)
to feed too much
take care not to overfeed your pets
overfeed in American English
(ˌouvərˈfid)
transitive verb or intransitive verbWord forms: -fed, -feeding
to feed or eat to excess
Word origin
[1600–10; over- + feed]This word is first recorded in the period 1600–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: adaptation, dolly, skid, syndicate, umbrellaover- is a prefixal use of over, occurring in various senses in compounds (overboard; overcoat; overhang; overlap; overlord; overrun; overthrow), and especially employed, with the sense of “over the limit,” “to excess,” “toomuch,” “too,” to form verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and nouns (overact; overcapitalize; overcrowd; overfull; overmuch; oversupply; overweight), and many others, mostly self-explanatory: a hyphen, which is commonly absent fromold or well-established formations, is sometimes used in new coinages or in any wordswhose component parts it may be desirable to set off distinctly
Examples of 'overfeed' in a sentence
overfeed
Well, said the doctors patiently, it was as easy to overfeed an animal as to underfeed it.
Doris Lessing ON CATS (2002)
So they overfeed them and make them fat.
The Sun (2012)
Don't overfeed grasses because you will encourage lots of leaf growth and no flowers.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Plus they use adjustable portion scoops to make sure owners do not overfeed.
The Sun (2018)
To make your plants tough and more resistant to pests, don't overfeed them.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Better starve the heart than overfeed it.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
For a start, you can never overfeed hands, and you do need to feed them.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Overfeed it, however, in super-fertile soil, and the stems will become too heavy andkeel over.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There are only two tricks to growing sedums: don't overfeed them and don't let the clumps become ancient.