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Webster 1913 Edition
Overdo
Oˊver-do′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Overdid
; p. p.
Overdone
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Overdoing
.] 1.
To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far.
Anything so
overdone
is from the purpose of playing. Shakespeare
2.
To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust;
as, to
. overdo
one’s strength3.
To surpass; to excel.
[R.]
Tennyson.
4.
To cook too much;
as, to
. overdo
the meatOˊver-do′
,Verb.
I.
To labor too hard; to do too much.
Webster 1828 Edition
Overdo
OVERDO
,Verb.
T.
1.
To do or perform too much.2.
To harass; to fatigue; to oppress by too much action or labor.3.
To boil, bake or road too much.OVERDO
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
overdo
overdo
English
Verb
overdo (third-person singular simple present overdoes, present participle overdoing, simple past overdid, past participle overdone)
- To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far.
- Shakespeare
- Anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing.
- Shakespeare
- To overtask or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust.
- to overdo one's strength
- To surpass; to excel.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Tennyson to this entry?)
- To cook too much.
- to overdo the meat
Translations
to do too much of something
to cook too much
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References
- overdo in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- overdo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913