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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream" [syn: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. & intr. indulge to excess. Derivatives: overindulgence n. overindulgent adj.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(overindulges, overindulging, overindulged) If you overindulge, or overindulge in something that you like very much, usually food or drink, you allow yourself to have more of it than is good for you. We all overindulge occasionally... Don't abuse your body by overindulging in alcohol. VERB: V, V in n

Moby Thesaurus

carry to excess, carry too far, exaggerate, exhaust, go overboard, go the limit, go to extremes, go too far, go whole hog, know no bounds, overact, overcarry, overdevelop, overdo, overdrive, overeat, overelaborate, overemphasize, overexercise, overexert, overexpend, overgorge, overlabor, overplay, overreact, overspend, overstrain, overstress, overstudy, overtask, overtax, overtrain, overuse, overwork, pass all bounds, protest too much