verb
- to plant additional seeds in an existing lawn or field to improve density or fill bare spots
Usage: gardening; agriculture
Examples
- We need to overseed the lawn this fall to fill in the bare patches.
- The groundskeeper will overseed the football field after the season ends.
- Spring is a good time to overseed cool-season grasses.
- They decided to overseed with clover to improve the soil.
- The golf course overseeds annually to maintain thick turf.
- After the drought, many homeowners had to overseed their yards.