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to oversnow

7.8

To cover something with snow during heavy snowfall

verb
/ˌoʊvərˈsnoʊ/

: cubrir de nieve

The blizzard will oversnow the entire village by morning.

Examples

Heavy winds can quickly oversnow the hiking trails, making them hard to follow.
After the storm, the cars were completely oversnowed and difficult to find.
The car was oversnowed after the blizzard.
They oversnow the cabin every winter.
The blizzard will oversnow the entire village by morning.
Heavy winds can quickly oversnow the hiking trails, making them hard to follow.
After the storm, the cars were completely oversnowed and difficult to find.

Antonyms

to uncover

37 2.7

Remove a cover to show what is under it

How Covered

to oversnow

7.8

to bury

254 1.6

to blanket

28 4.2

to cover

∞ 1.0

to dust

54 2.5

Surface Forms

oversnow infinitive

oversnowed past

oversnowed past participle

oversnowing present participle

oversnows third person singular

Morphology

oversnow = snow (transparent) = over + snow

The verb follows the regular pattern of 'over-' + noun/verb to mean 'to cover or be covered with' (e.g., oversleep, overgrow), so the meaning 'to cover with snow' is predictable.

Etymology

To oversnow something is over + snow, in other words 'to cover with snow'. So when a storm oversnows cars or paths, it buries them under snow.