oversweep

English

Etymology

over- +‎ sweep

Verb

oversweep (third-person singular simple present oversweeps, present participle oversweeping, simple past and past participle overswept)

1. (transitive) To sweep over; to cover by sweeping.
   • 1817, John Keats, I stood tip-toe upon a little hill:

     Ah, sure no tasteful nook would be without them
     And let a lush laburnum oversweep them,
     And let long grass grow round the roots to keep them
     Moist, cool and green; and shade the violets
     That they may bind the moss in leafy nets.