"oversearch" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "over",
        "3": "search"
      },
      "expansion": "over- + search",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From over- + search.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oversearches",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oversearching",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oversearched",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oversearched",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "oversearch (third-person singular simple present oversearches, present participle oversearching, simple past and past participle oversearched)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with over-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1861, Robert Greene, George Peele, Alexander Dyce, The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Robert Greene & George Peele, page 89:",
          "text": "To oversearch the fearful ocean",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To search all over."
      ],
      "id": "en-oversearch-en-verb-UaUKF773",
      "links": [
        [
          "search",
          "search"
        ],
        [
          "all over",
          "all over"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, transitive) To search all over."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, Dorian Pyle, Business Modeling and Data Mining, page 363:",
          "text": "Oversearching: If you look long enough and hard enough for any particular pattern in a data set, the more you look, the more likely you are to find it—whether it's meaningful or not.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To search excessively."
      ],
      "id": "en-oversearch-en-verb-djNKv1FK",
      "links": [
        [
          "search",
          "search"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "oversearch"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms prefixed with over-",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "over",
        "3": "search"
      },
      "expansion": "over- + search",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From over- + search.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oversearches",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oversearching",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oversearched",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oversearched",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "oversearch (third-person singular simple present oversearches, present participle oversearching, simple past and past participle oversearched)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1861, Robert Greene, George Peele, Alexander Dyce, The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Robert Greene & George Peele, page 89:",
          "text": "To oversearch the fearful ocean",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To search all over."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "search",
          "search"
        ],
        [
          "all over",
          "all over"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, transitive) To search all over."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, Dorian Pyle, Business Modeling and Data Mining, page 363:",
          "text": "Oversearching: If you look long enough and hard enough for any particular pattern in a data set, the more you look, the more likely you are to find it—whether it's meaningful or not.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To search excessively."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "search",
          "search"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "oversearch"
}