(superl.) Greater in quality, amount, degree, quality, and the like; with the singular.
(superl.) Greater in number; exceeding in numbers; -- with the plural.
(superl.) Additional; other; as, he wept because there were no more words to conquer.
(n.) A greater quantity, amount, or number; that which exceeds or surpasses in any way what it is compared with.
(n.) That which is in addition; something other and further; an additional or greater amount.
(adv.) In a greater quantity; in or to a greater extent or degree.
(adv.) With a verb or participle.
(adv.) With an adjective or adverb (instead of the suffix -er) to form the comparative degree; as, more durable; more active; more sweetly.
(adv.) In addition; further; besides; again.
(v. t.) To make more; to increase.
Example Sentences:
Overfeed
Definition:
(v. t. & i.) To feed to excess; to surfeit.
Example Sentences:
(1) Care should be taken not to overfeed infants when feeding home-prepared baby foods.
(2) Increased peptide YY activity may contribute to a drive to overfeed in normal-weight bulimic patients.
(3) By the jetty, friendly Café Janoca (meals from €15) will overfeed you with pleasure.
(4) It may depends on the more efficient adaptational mechanism connected with metabolism which are acting in the course of overfeed in the period of growth and development.
(5) Within the normal range of energy fed to beef bulls from weaning to the beginning of the breeding season as yearlings, it may be more likely to underfeed breeds of large mature size than to overfeed British breeds.
(6) However, the temptation to overfeed those patients must be recognized, as that practice may lead to increased morbidity.
(7) The following are some of the key elements to successful rearing of the orphaned puppies and kittens: Do not overfeed, especially during the first several days, to allow for adaptation to the milk replacer.