Overseed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Overseed is a verb meaning 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).
Meaning
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).
More Meanings
- (rare) To sow excessively, at overdensity of seeds per unit area.
Example Sentences
Plant or overseed with the right grass for the spot.
Word Forms
- overseeds
- overseeding
- overseeded
Synonyms for overseed
Depending on context, synonyms include oversow.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include oversow, reseed, resow, seed, regrass, resod.
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