overcovered
overcovered is the simple past and past participle of overcover.
Meaning of overcover
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
Questions about overcovered
- What is overcovered the simple past and past participle of?
- Overcovered is the simple past and past participle of overcover.
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