Overdo

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overdo \O`ver*do"\, v. t. [imp. {Overdid}; p. p. {Overdone}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Overdoing}.]
     1. To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing;
        to exaggerate; to carry too far.
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              Anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust; as, to
        overdo one's strength.
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     3. To surpass; to excel. [R.] --Tennyson.
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     4. To cook too much; as, to overdo the meat.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overdo \O`ver*do"\, v. i.
     To labor too hard; to do too much.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overdo
       v : do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last
           night when he did 100 push-ups" [syn: {exaggerate}]
       [also: {overdone}, {overdid}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  65 Moby Thesaurus words for "overdo":
     aggrandize, amplify, ballyhoo, build up, burlesque, caricature,
     carry to excess, carry too far, do to death, draw the longbow,
     exaggerate, exhaust, fatigue, go overboard, go the limit,
     go to extremes, go too far, go whole hog, hyperbolize,
     know no bounds, lay it on, magnify, make much of, overact,
     overburden, overcarry, overcharge, overdevelop, overdraw,
     overdrive, overelaborate, overemphasize, overestimate,
     overexercise, overexert, overexpend, overindulge, overlabor,
     overload, overplay, overpraise, overreach, overreact, oversell,
     overspeak, overspend, overstate, overstrain, overstress, overstudy,
     overtask, overtax, overtrain, overuse, overwork, pass all bounds,
     pile it on, protest too much, puff, stretch, stretch the truth,
     talk big, talk in superlatives, tout, travesty