surfeit

(sûr'fĭt)

v., -feit·ed, -feit·ing, -feits.

v.tr.
To feed or supply to excess, satiety, or disgust.

v.intr. Archaic
To overindulge.

n.

1. 1. Overindulgence in food or drink.
   2. The result of such overindulgence; satiety or disgust.
2. An excessive amount.

[Middle English surfeten, from surfait, excess, from Old French, from past participle of surfaire, to overdo : sur-, sur- + faire, to do (from Latin facere).]

surfeiter sur'feit·er n.

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verb

To satisfy to the full or to excess: cloy, engorge, glut, gorge, pall, sate, satiate. See excess/insufficiency/enough, full/empty/capacity.

noun

1. Immoderate indulgence, as in food or drink: excess, intemperance, overindulgence. See excess/insufficiency/enough.
2. The condition of being full to or beyond satisfaction: engorgement, repletion, satiation, satiety. See excess/insufficiency/enough, full/empty/capacity.
3. A condition of going or being beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate: embarrassment, excess, excessiveness, exorbitance, extravagance, extravagancy, extravagantness, overabundance, plethora, superabundance, superfluity, superfluousness. See excess/insufficiency/enough.

n

Definition: excess
Antonyms: base, core, lack, main, necessity, need, want

v

Definition: overfill
Antonyms: deplete, use up

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - overmættelse, fråds
v. tr. - overmætte, overfylde, frådse
v. intr. - frådse

Nederlands (Dutch)
overeten, oververzadigd

Français (French)
n. - excès
v. tr. - être repu de
v. intr. - être repu de

Deutsch (German)
n. - Übermaß
v. - übersättigen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υπερπληθώρα, κορεσμός
v. - παραταϊζω, παρατρώω

Italiano (Italian)
eccesso, saziare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - excesso (m)
v. - saciar

Русский (Russian)
излишество, излишек, переедание, пресыщение, отвращение, переедать, перекармливать, пресыщать

Español (Spanish)
n. - exceso, saciedad, empacho
v. tr. - hartar, saciar, empachar, ahitar, encebadar, empalagar
v. intr. - hartarse, atracarse, saciar sus apetitos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - omåttlighet, frosseri, överlastning, överflöd
v. - överlasta, övermätta, föräta sig, frossa, överlasta magen

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
过食, 恶心, 过度, 使腻, 使沉溺于, 饮食过度

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 過食, 噁心, 過度
v. tr. - 使膩, 使沈溺於
v. intr. - 飲食過度

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 폭식, 폭음, 과도
v. tr. - 너무 먹이다, 질리게 하다
v. intr. - 너무 먹다, 질리다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 暴食, 過度, 氾濫
v. - 食べすぎる, 飽きあきする, 食べすぎさせる, 飽きあきさせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مقدار كبير , افراط , تخمه (فعل) يفرط في , يتخم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שובע, רוויה, זלילה, הרגשת מיאוס מרוב אכילה ו/או שתייה‬
v. tr. - ‮אכל עד לזרא, הגזים באכילה ובשתייה‬
v. intr. - ‮זלל, אכל עד לזרא‬

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