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overseed en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + seed.

Meanings

  1. 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:
  2. (rare) To sow excessively, at overdensity of seeds per unit area.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
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

Synonyms

oversow · oversow