Dictionary

oversow en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˌoʊvɚˈsoʊ/ (General-American)
• /ˌəʊvəˈsəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Old English ofersāwan, from ofer- + sāwan. Equivalent to over- + sow.

Meanings

1. To sow (seed) where something has already been sown.
   • […] it is possible to oversow the area with improved forages. […] Vigorous species must be used to oversow the area […] 1996, C. P. Peacock, Improving Goat Production in the Tropics, →ISBN, page 115:
   • But vvhen men vvere a ſleepe, his enemy came and ouerſovved cockle among the vvheate, and vvent his vvay. 1582, Douay-Rheims Bible, Matthew 13:25:
   • The which contrary corrupt seede of false doctrine we right well know came of the sayd aduersary, because it was long after ouersowen[…] 1565, William Fulke, William Allen, chapter XIII, in Two Treatises Written against the Papistes, page 409:
2. To sow too much seed upon.

Forms

Hypernyms

overplant

Synonyms

overseed