Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To spread grass seed on (turf or an established lawn) in order to fill in thin or bare spots.
- intransitive verb To spread grass seed on turf or an established lawn.
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- verb To
replenish (a lawn, etc.) by adding moreseeds .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But if you "overseed" -- that is, invest in a broad and integrated portfolio of systems management tools -- you are more likely to have green success with one of them.
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs Jonathan Feldman 2010
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In the summer, I let it go dead, but in the winter, I have a vegetable garden and I overseed with flowers.
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In the summer, I let it go dead, but in the winter, I have a vegetable garden and I overseed with flowers.
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And the irony to this lawsuit is that Obama is a Constitutional attorney as well as our President who overseed and put together this historical bill.
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If the soil doesn't freeze where you live, fall is the best time of year to sow seed for a new lawn, to repair bare spots in an old lawn, or to overseed a dormant summer lawn.
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All other tasks can be done on the same day in the following order: aerate, sprinkle fine textured compost into holes, overseed and fertilize.
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Q: I'm a little confused as to the timing of the lawn tasks you recommend -- aerate, compost, overseed, fertilize and weed control?
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In the summer, I let it go dead, but in the winter, I have a vegetable garden and I overseed with flowers.
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But mow high, and if this brownness bothers you, overseed it in autumn with a mix containing microclover (such as Johnson's Easy Lawn), which stays green no matter what.
In the garden this week: Listless lawns, plus squashes and pumpkins 2010
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In the summer, I let it go dead, but in the winter, I have a vegetable garden and I overseed with flowers.
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