Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overcover

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-cov-er
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cover over.

Transitive verb

verb

To give too much coverage (as for example on television).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The floodwaters soon overcovered the little hill."
"You’ll never persuade me that we’ve overcovered the slaughter in Congo — our sin is that we didn’t scream enough, not that we screamed too much."

Etymology

From Middle English overcoveren, equivalent to over- + cover.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over
Root: overcoveren

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

overcovers (present, singular) overcovering (participle, present) overcovered (participle, past) overcovered (past)

Questions

What does overcover mean?: To cover over.
Where does overcover come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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