overseed en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + seed.
Meanings
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To replenish (a pasture, lawn, or field) by adding more seeds over top of the existing vegetation (as opposed to tilling and replanting the land).
Plant or overseed with the right grass for the spot.
2007 April 12, “Another Path to Splendor in the Grass”, in New York Times:
- (rare) To sow excessively, at overdensity of seeds per unit area.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overseeded | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overseeded | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overseeds | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overseeding | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
reseed · replant · overplant · resow