Hypertext Webster Gateway: "overdone"

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)

overdone
adj 1: represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an
exaggerated opinion of oneself" [syn: {exaggerated}, {overstated}]
2: cooked too long but still edible


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