overspread

overspread
Synonyms and related words:
apply to, beset, bespread, bestrew, blanket, block, broadcast, canopy, cap, circumfuse, cloak, clothe, cloud, cope, cover, cover up, cowl, crawl with, creep with, crown, curtain, deal out, diffract, diffuse, dispense, disperse, dispread, disseminate, distribute, diverge, eclipse, extend throughout, fan out, fill, film, flood, grow over, honeycomb, hood, imbue, infest, invade, issue, know no bounds, lay on, lay over, leave no void, leaven, luxuriate, mantle, mask, muffle, obduce, obscure, occult, occupy, overabound, overbrim, overcast, overflow, overgrow, overgrown, overlay, overrun, overscatter, oversow, overspill, overswarm, penetrate, permeate, pervade, plague, propagate, publish, pullulate, put on, radiate, ravage, retail, run riot, run through, scatter, screen, scum, shield, sow, sow broadcast, spill over, splay, spread, spread out, spread over, strew, suffuse, superabound, superimpose, superpose, swarm, swarm over, swarm with, teem, teem over, teem with, transfuse, utter, veil

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  • Overspread — O ver*spread , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overspread}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overspreading}.] [AS. oferspr[=ae]dan.] To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the earth. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Those nations of the North Which overspread the world …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Overspread — O ver*spread , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overspread}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overspreading}.] [AS. oferspr[=ae]dan.] To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the earth. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Those nations of the North Which overspread the world …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • overspread — (v.) c.1200, to spread throughout, from OVER (Cf. over) + SPREAD (Cf. spread) (v.). Related: Overspread (p.t.); overspreading …   Etymology dictionary

  • overspread — [ō΄vər spred′] vt. overspread, overspreading to spread over; cover the surface of …   English World dictionary

  • Overspread — O ver*spread , v. i. To be spread or scattered over. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • overspread — index diffuse, dissipate (spread out), inundate, overlap, penetrate, permeate, pervade, radiate …   Law dictionary

  • overspread — vb *cover, envelop, wrap, shroud, veil Analogous words: *hide, conceal, screen: cloak, mask, *disguise, camouflage …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • overspread — /oh veuhr spred /, v.t., overspread, overspreading. to spread or diffuse over: A blush of embarrassment overspread his face. [bef. 1000; ME overspreden, OE oferspraedan. See OVER , SPREAD] * * * …   Universalium

  • overspread — v.tr. (past and past part. spread) 1 become spread or diffused over. 2 cover or occupy the surface of. 3 (as overspread adj.) (usu. foll. by with) covered (high mountains overspread with trees). Etymology: OE oferspraeligdan (as OVER , SPREAD) …   Useful english dictionary

  • overspread — transitive verb ( spread; spreading) Date: before 12th century to spread over or above • overspread noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • overspread — verb /əʊvəˈspɹɛd/ To spread over or across (something); to permeate, overrun. Deliberately, and with a peculiar quivering smile, that seemed to overspread her whole body, she put her mouth on his …   Wiktionary

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