Crossword-Solution: OVEREAT
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Overeat | v. t. & i. | To gnaw all over, or on all sides. |
| Overeat | v. t. & i. | To eat to excess; -- often with a reflexive. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| OVEREAT | anagram | ATEOVER, EATOVER, OVERATE |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EETRA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with OVEREAT (5)
Without doubt, the most of mankind grossly overeat themselves; our meals serve not only for support, but as a hearty and natural diversion from the labour of life.
Michael was too disappointed and grief-stricken over Steward to overeat himself, while Del Mar, accompanied by the manager of the hotel, raised a great row with the porters for violating the feeding instructions.
They shut your things up in their houses where nobody comes, and after a while they overeat themselves--they don't know what else to do--and die of apoplexy, and leave your pictures to a gallery, and then they see the light.
These fashionable doctors habitually overeat and oversleep, I understand, and it makes them lazy." "I AM going in, Ann," said the doctor, with dignity, rising from the sand and pointedly addressing his wife.
She was inclined to be rather strict with my wife about her own health, and mine too, and told her she must be careful not to let me work too hard, or overeat, or leave off my flannels before the weather was settled in the spring.
Quotes with OVEREAT (3)
Even without overt sexual abuse, all young women are known to experience a descent into low self-esteem at puberty, probably as they realize their role as sexual objects. The highly sensitive girl will sense all the implications even more and make self-protection a higher priority. Some overeat to become unattractive, some overstudy or overtrain so they have no free time, some pick one boy early and hang on to him for protection.
17. One of the secrets of successful living is found in the word balance, referring to the avoidance of harmful extremes. We need food, but we should not overeat. We should work, but not make work our only activity. We should play, but not let play rule us. Throughout life, it will be important to find the safety of the middle ground rather than the imbalance of the extremes.
Sometimes we don't need to eat or drink as much as we do, but it has become a kind of addiction. We feel so lonely. Loneliness is one of the afflictions of modern life. It is similar to the Third and Fourth Precpets--we feel lonely, so we engage in conversation, or even in a sexual relationship, hoping that the feeling of loneliness will go away. Drinking and eating can also be the result of loneliness. You want to drink or overeat in order to forget your loneliness, but what…
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 82 times in crossword archives (1945–2025).