overfeed
verb
over·feed
ˌō-vər-ˈfēd 
overfed
ˌō-vər-ˈfed
; overfeeding
; overfeeding
: to feed to excess
: to eat to excess
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During the trial, prosecutors alleged that Letby killed five boys and two girls and attempted to kill another five boys and five girls in the hospital’s neonatal unit by poisoning them with insulin, injecting air into their veins or overfeeding them with milk.
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Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
Over the course of the trial at Manchester Crown Court, which began in October, jurors heard that Letby had harmed the babies in her care in a number of ways, including by overfeeding them with milk and injecting them with air and insulin.
—Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
Over the course of the trial at Manchester Crown Court, which began in October, jurors heard that Ms. Letby had harmed the babies in her care in a number of ways, including by overfeeding them with milk and injecting them with air and insulin.
—Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
In fact, overfeeding waterfowl can cause a host of problems, from teaching them to rely on human handouts to throwing off their natural nutritional balance.
—Natalie Wallington, Popular Science, 31 May 2023
Planning tours is his sweet spot, so organizing a driving trip amid pandemic restrictions not only put him back in his comfort zone but also kept him too busy to overfeed his sourdough starter — nicknamed Yeasterday in tribute to the Beatles — in the quest for the perfect loaf.
—Diane Haithman, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2020
Again, don’t overfeed.
—Dean Kuipers, Outside Online, 15 Apr. 2022
Infants who are bottle feeding may be more likely to overfeed, because drinking from a bottle may take less effort than breastfeeding.
—Tribune News Service, al, 7 June 2022
Don’t overfeed your worms — the biggest problem of all.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2022
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Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
Over the course of the trial at Manchester Crown Court, which began in October, jurors heard that Letby had harmed the babies in her care in a number of ways, including by overfeeding them with milk and injecting them with air and insulin.
—Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
Over the course of the trial at Manchester Crown Court, which began in October, jurors heard that Ms. Letby had harmed the babies in her care in a number of ways, including by overfeeding them with milk and injecting them with air and insulin.
—Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
In fact, overfeeding waterfowl can cause a host of problems, from teaching them to rely on human handouts to throwing off their natural nutritional balance.
—Natalie Wallington, Popular Science, 31 May 2023
Planning tours is his sweet spot, so organizing a driving trip amid pandemic restrictions not only put him back in his comfort zone but also kept him too busy to overfeed his sourdough starter — nicknamed Yeasterday in tribute to the Beatles — in the quest for the perfect loaf.
—Diane Haithman, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2020
Again, don’t overfeed.
—Dean Kuipers, Outside Online, 15 Apr. 2022
Infants who are bottle feeding may be more likely to overfeed, because drinking from a bottle may take less effort than breastfeeding.
—Tribune News Service, al, 7 June 2022
Don’t overfeed your worms — the biggest problem of all.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2022
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First Known Use
1589, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
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overfeed
verb
over·feed
ˌō-vər-ˈfēd
overfed
-ˈfed
; overfeeding
; overfeeding
: to feed to excess
: to eat to excess
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