Category: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.

Overdo O`ver*do", v. i.

Defn: to labor too hard; to do too much.