"overplant" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overplants [present, singular, third-person], overplanting [participle, present], overplanted [participle, past], overplanted [past]
Etymology: From over- + plant. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|plant}} over- + plant Head templates: {{en-verb}} overplant (third-person singular simple present overplants, present participle overplanting, simple past and past participle overplanted)
  1. (intransitive) To plant too many plants (of any particular crop). Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-overplant-en-verb-yQ583B1x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 35 27 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 34 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 34 30
  2. (transitive) To plant too many of (some kind of plant), whether by sowing or by transplanting. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overplant-en-verb-mTf0e9GE Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 35 27 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 34 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 34 30
  3. (transitive) To plant (a place) with too many plants. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overplant-en-verb-cp0xZ8hH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 35 27 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 34 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 34 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: overseed

Inflected forms

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