Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Overdo"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overdo \O`ver*do"\, v. i.
To labor too hard; to do too much.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing.
--Shak.
2. To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust; as, to
overdo one's strength.
3. To surpass; to excel. [R.] --Tennyson.
4. To cook too much; as, to overdo the meat.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
overdo
v : do something to an excessive degree: "He overdid it last
night when he did 100 push-ups" [syn: {exaggerate}]
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