overeating
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o·ver·eat
(ō′vər-ēt′)intr.v. o·ver·ate (-āt′), o·ver·eat·en (-ēt′n), o·ver·eat·ing, o·ver·eats
To eat to excess, especially when habitual.
o′ver·eat′er n.
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overeating
(ˌəʊvərˈiːtɪŋ)n
the act of consuming too much food
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| Noun | 1. | overeating - eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)deadly sin, mortal sin - an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; "theologians list seven mortal sins" |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
overeating
[ˌəʊvərˈiːtɪŋ] n → hyperphagie f, tendance f à trop mangerover-egg [ˌəʊvərˈɛg] vt (= exaggerate) → exagérerto over-egg the pudding → exagérer
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
overeating
[ˌəʊvərˈiːtɪŋ] n → iperalimentazione fobesity is only partly caused by overeating → l'obesità è causata solo parzialmente dall'iperalimentazione
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
overeating - eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)