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OVERINDULGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overindulge mean?
• OVERINDULGE (verb)
The verb OVERINDULGE has 1 sense:
1. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Familiarity information: OVERINDULGE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they overindulge ... he / she / it overindulges
Past simple: overindulged
Past participle: overindulged
-ing form: overindulging
... he / she / it overindulges Past simple: overindulged
Past participle: overindulged
-ing form: overindulging
Sense 1
Meaning:
Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
binge; englut; engorge; glut; gorge; gormandise; gormandize; gourmandize; ingurgitate; overeat; overgorge; overindulge; pig out; satiate; scarf out; stuff
Context example:
The kids binged on ice cream
Hypernyms (to "overindulge" is one way to...):
eat (eat a meal; take a meal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
overindulgence (excessive indulgence)
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