overcover
overcover · overcovers · overcovered · overcovering
To cover overTo cover over.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To cover over.
The floodwaters soon overcovered the little hill.
(transitive)To give too much coverage (as for example on television).
Origin
From Middle English overcoveren, equivalent to over- + cover.From Middle English overcoveren, equivalent to over- + cover.
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Forms
overcovers, overcovering, overcovered, overcovered| Base form | overcover · to overcover |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | overcovers |
| Present participle | overcovering |
| Past simple | overcovered |
| Past participle | overcovered |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.