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Eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)
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overeating
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WordNet
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n. eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: gluttony , gula ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. gluttony, the act of eating to excess (either to discomfort or more than required for proper health). vb. (present participle of overeat English)
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Overeating is the excess food in relation to the energy that an organism expends (or expels via excretion ), leading to weight gaining and often obesity . It may be regarded as an eating disorder . This term may also be used to refer to specific episodes ...
Usage examples of overeating.
The kid's heart has suffered from his overeating and he could never stand even normal acceleration.
You might think that stress or overeating might account for it, but this could hardly explain the fall in death rate before the harvest moon.
I give lectures on the perils of overeating and underexercise, and no one listens to those.