overstock
verb (used with object)
to stock to excess.
have overstocked
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present perfectof overstock.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He would have overstocked the island with useless things in the hope that they might be of use at some distant date.
From The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
Some imagine that newly settled countries are most favorable for the labors of the bee: others, that we have overstocked our farms, so that the bees cannot find a sufficient supply of food.
From Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual by L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine) Langstroth
The reading public has been gorged and surfeited with war literature, a fact which has been only too painfully realized by publishers and editors, who purvey for its appetite and have overstocked the larder.
From Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
It would never have paid to have overstocked the Hollow.
From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Rolf Boldrewood
