OVERSPREAD

spread, overspread

(verb) spread across or over; “A big oil spot spread across the water”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

overspread (third-person singular simple present overspreads, present participle overspreading, simple past and past participle overspread)

(transitive) To spread over or across (something); cover over; be scattered over; permeate, overrun.

Synonym: bespread

(intransitive) To be spread or scattered about.

Anagrams

• spreadover

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*spread", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overspread; p. pr. & vb. n. Overspreading.] Etym: [AS. oferspr.]

Definition: To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the earth. Chaucer. Those nations of the North Which overspread the world. Drayton.

O`ver*spread", v. i.

Definition: To be spread or scattered over.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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