spread out past; spread over; cover over
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Overspread Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the earth.
To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the earth.
(v. i.)
To be spread or scattered over.
To be spread or scattered over.
(imp. & p. p.)
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. Aboutof Overspread
overspread
\o`ver*spread"\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. overspread; p. pr. & vb. n. overspreading.] [as. oferspr&aemacr;dan.] to spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the earth. those nations of the north which overspread the world.
overspread
\o`ver*spread"\, v. i. to be spread or scattered over.
overspread
v : spread across or over; "a big oil spot spread across the water" [syn: spread]
Brygu = to grow out, to overspread
Dwll = n. an overspread
Gordaenu = v. to overspread
Gorymdanu = v. to overspread one's self
Huddiannu = v. to overspread
Rhydoi = v. to overspread
Tafu = v. to overspread, to spread
Teisban = n. an origin; an overspread, a quilt; a hassock
Uf = n. what is over or spread
Verb
1. spread across or over; "A big oil spot spread across the water"
(synonym) spread
(hypernym) cover, extend
(hyponym) transgress
