Definify.com
Definition 2024
overwater
overwater
English
Adjective
overwater (not comparable)
- By or across water, especially of travel.
- 2009 February 11, Robert E. Ricklefs Jonathan B. Losos, "Adaptation and diversification on islands", Nature, 457:7231, doi:10.1038/nature07893:
- This detailed account of diversification shows that most of New Zealand's biota results from overwater colonization, rather than survival since New Zealand separated from Australia .
- 2009 February 11, Robert E. Ricklefs Jonathan B. Losos, "Adaptation and diversification on islands", Nature, 457:7231, doi:10.1038/nature07893:
Verb
overwater (third-person singular simple present overwaters, present participle overwatering, simple past and past participle overwatered)
- To water too much.