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💧 To give too much water 🏝️ Above water
to overwater

to overwater

3 3.8
To give a plant too much water so its roots rot
  • verb
  • /ˌoʊvərˈwɔːtər/
translation icon : regar en exceso
  • Once the bulb starts to send up a stem, then you should begin to water carefully, being careful not to overwater.
  • overwatering your plants
  • overwatering the lawn
  • avoid overwatering

Examples

  • These orchids are simply damaged by overwatering.

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  • So what I find beginning gardeners doing is assuming that their plants need water all the time and they overwater during the summer.

  • The soil had a pretty fair spread of nutrients, but I think I locked a lot of it out by overwatering.

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  • I seem to have collected a lot of succulents in between and betwixt other plants, getting overwatered at our current 40+ C temperatures.

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  • It was pointed out that these clones were in soil too hot to be directly planted in, as well as being overwatered.

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  • I'm growing, but my Jack Herer needs to recover from overwatering (i.e., it was left too long in the rain).

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  • Novice gardeners often overwater their plants, which can lead to root rot and other issues.

  • If you notice that the leaves are yellowing, it may be a sign that you have overwatered your plant.

  • One common mistake in gardening is to overwater, thinking that more water will help plants thrive.

Synonyms

to flood
vsto overwater
176 1.0

To cover a place with water when it overflows

refers to giving too much water to plants, not large area flooding
to inundate
vsto overwater
40 6.8

To cover a place with water or give someone too much to deal with

means excess watering of plants causing harm, not broad flooding
to waterlog
vsto overwater
3.7

To fill something with water so it cannot take any more

gives plants or soil too much water causing damage rather than just saturation

Antonyms

to dehydrate
5 4.1

To lose too much water and become very dry

How Wet

to drench
34 3.0
to overwater
3 3.8
to water
81 1.0
to moisten
7 3.0

Surface Forms

overwater infinitive
overwatered past
overwatered past participle
overwatering present participle
overwaters third person singular

Morphology

overwater = water (transparent) = over + water

The verb is formed by the productive prefix 'over-' meaning 'excessively' plus the verb 'water', yielding 'to water excessively'.

Etymology

Overwater is made from the part over- meaning 'too much', as in overcook or overwork, and water meaning 'to give water'. So, to overwater a plant is to give it too much water, which can harm it.