Overfeeding

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Excessive feeding. countable, uncountable

    "It must not be wrongly inferred that these overfeedings bring on the attack, for this will occur no matter how sharply the food-supply may be controlled."

  2. 2
    excessive feeding wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of overfeed form-of, gerund, participle, present

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surfeitsurfeitallaychokecloycongest

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"It must not be wrongly inferred that these overfeedings bring on the attack, for this will occur no matter how sharply the food-supply may be controlled."

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