overcoverEtymologyFrom Middle English overcoveren, equivalent to over- + cover.overcover means To cover over. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 75 out of 100.verbTo cover over.“The floodwaters soon overcovered the little hill.”To give too much coverage (as for example on television).“You’ll never persuade me that we’ve overcovered the slaughter in Congo — our sin is that we didn’t scream enough, not that we screamed too much.”