overcover
overcover verb: to cover over.
Verb
overcover (third-person singular simple present overcovers, present participle overcovering, simple past and past participle overcovered)
- To cover over.
- The floodwaters soon overcovered the little hill.
- To give too much coverage (as for example on television).
- You’ll never persuade me that we’ve overcovered the slaughter in Congo — our sin is that we didn’t scream enough, not that we screamed too much.2009 May 3, Nicholas Kristof, “Bright Continent”, in New York Times
Forms of overcover
| third-person singular present | overcovers |
|---|---|
| present participle | overcovering |
| past participle | overcovered |
| past | overcovered |
Origin of overcover
From Middle English overcoveren, equivalent to over- + cover.
Questions about overcover
- What does overcover mean?
- Overcover means to cover over.
- What part of speech is overcover?
- Overcover is a verb.
- What is the past tense of overcover?
- The past tense of overcover is overcovered.
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