ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Overwater

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Overwater is an adjective meaning By or across water, especially of travel.

Meaning

By or across water, especially of travel.

More Meanings

  1. Built or situated on stilts in the ocean.
  2. (transitive) To water too much.

Example Sentences

Cyperus are natives of tropical swamps, so it's virtually impossible to overwater them.
There are recommended tactics to avoid potential plant overwatering, such as watering plants from the bottom if they are in pots.
This detailed account of diversification shows that most of New Zealand's biota results from overwater colonization, rather than survival since New Zealand separated from Australia .

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Related dictionary entries include overboard, long-distance, overbow, overtrack, overfar, overbridging.

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