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Recent Examples of overseed
Plan to reseed or overseed cool-season grasses like bluegrass and fescue once a year in the fall.
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2025
To overseed, simply mow your lawn as low as possible, rake the clippings, scatter the seed into your existing lawn, and then lightly rake the seed into the soil.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2023
Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2025
To overseed, simply mow your lawn as low as possible, rake the clippings, scatter the seed into your existing lawn, and then lightly rake the seed into the soil.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overseed
reseed
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Plan to reseed or overseed cool-season grasses like bluegrass and fescue once a year in the fall.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
19 Aug. 2025
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It’s also been consistently reseeded, aerated, fertilized and on a watering schedule that would make Poseidon proud.—
Sherry Kuehl,
Kansas City Star,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Overseed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overseed. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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