Overdo

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To do, use, or stress to excess; carry (something) too far: overdid the diet and became malnourished.
  • v. To exaggerate: overdid the compliments.
  • v. To wear out the strength of; overtax.
  • v. To cook (food) too long.
  • verb-intransitive. To do too much; go to extremes: We always overdo at Christmas.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To do too much of something.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far.
  • v. To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust.
  • v. To surpass; to excel.
  • v. To cook too much.
  • verb-intransitive. To labor too hard; to do too much.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To do to excess; hence, to overact; exaggerate.
  • To carry beyond the proper limit; carry, prosecute, etc., too far.
  • To cook too much: as, the roast is overdone.
  • To fatigue or harass by too much action or labor: usually reflexive or followed by it.
  • To surpass or exceed in performance.
  • To do too much; labor too hard.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. do something to an excessive degree
  • Verb Form
    overdid    overdoes    overdoing    overdone   
    Cross Reference
    exaggerate   
    Variant
    overdone    overdid   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fatigue    exhaust    surpass    excel    overtire    overfatigue    overweary    overtax    overtask    overwork   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baku    Blue    Cebu    Chengdu    Chou    Chu    Crewe    Drew    Ewe    Few