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OVERFED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overfed mean?
• OVERFED (adjective)
The adjective OVERFED has 1 sense:
1. too well nourished
Familiarity information: OVERFED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Too well nourished
Similar:
nourished (being provided with adequate nourishment)
Context examples
For the rest, his house is full of butlers, footmen, maidservants, and the usual overfed, underworked staff of a large English country house.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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