Meanings
verbovercover (third-person singular simple present overcovers, present participle overcovering, simple past and past participle overcovered)
present singular third person overcovers · participle present overcovering · participle past overcovered · past overcovered
- transitiveTo give too much coverage (as for example on television).
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.
2009 May 3, Nicholas Kristof, “Bright Continent”, in New York Times
Origin
- Middle Englishovercoveren
- Englishovercover
From Middle English overcoveren, equivalent to over- + cover.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overcover,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcover.
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