English Explanatory Dictionary

overseed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  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).
  2. To sow excessively, at overdensity of seeds per unit area.

Word forms

overseed overseeds overseeding overseeded

Etymology

From over- + seed.

Synonyms

oversow
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