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Oversees vs Overseeds - What's the difference?

oversees | overseeds |

As verbs the difference between oversees and overseeds

is that oversees is third-person singular of oversee while overseeds is third-person singular of overseed.

oversees

English

Verb

(head)
  • (oversee)

    • oversee

    English

    Verb

    (transitive)
  • (literally) To survey, look at something in a wide angle.
  • (figuratively) To supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group.
    • It is congress's duty to oversee the spending of federal funds.
  • To inspect, examine
    • Gamekeepers oversee a hunting ground to see to the wildlife's welfare and look for poachers.
  • (obsolete) To fail to see; to overlook, ignore.
  • * , II.ix:
    • Thereat the Elfe did blush in priuitee, / And turnd his face away; but she the same / Dissembled faire, and faynd to ouersee .
  • To observe secretly or unintentionally.

    • Derived terms

    * overseer * oversight

    See also

    * overlook * overwatch

    overseeds

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (overseed)

    • overseed

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To replenish (a lawn, etc.) by adding more seeds.
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    • , passage=Plant or overseed with the right grass for the spot. }}