"overwater" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: over- + water Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|water}} over- + water Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} overwater (not comparable)
  1. By or across water, especially of travel. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-overwater-en-adj-WwmvEV5-
  2. Built or situated on stilts in the ocean. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-overwater-en-adj-b8ewfr7a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 69 25

Verb

Forms: overwaters [present, singular, third-person], overwatering [participle, present], overwatered [participle, past], overwatered [past]
Etymology: over- + water Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|water}} over- + water Head templates: {{en-verb}} overwater (third-person singular simple present overwaters, present participle overwatering, simple past and past participle overwatered)
  1. (transitive) To water too much. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overwater-en-verb-Gjmtr6pA Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 16 24 61

Inflected forms

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