OVERFEEDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overfeeding mean? 

• OVERFEEDING (noun)
  The noun OVERFEEDING has 1 sense:

1. excessive feeding

  Familiarity information: OVERFEEDING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERFEEDING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Excessive feeding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("overfeeding" is a kind of...):

alimentation; feeding (the act of supplying food and nourishment)

Derivation:

overfeed (feed excessively)

 Context examples 

But they hastened it by overfeeding, bringing the day nearer when underfeeding would commence.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)