overspread

  • 11overspread — 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 …

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  • 12overspread — verb (past and past participle overspread) cover the surface of; spread over. Origin OE ofersprdan …

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  • 13overspread — o•ver•spread [[t]ˌoʊ vərˈsprɛd[/t]] v. t. spread, spread•ing to spread or diffuse over: A smile overspread her face[/ex] • Etymology: bef. 1000 …

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  • 14overspread — /oʊvəˈsprɛd/ (say ohvuh spred) verb (t) (overspread, overspreading) to spread or diffuse over. {Middle English, Old English ofersprǣdan} …

  • 15overspread — 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,… …

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  • 16overspread — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. envelop, sheathe, coat; see cover 1 …

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  • 17overspread — v. a. RG. 380 …

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  • 18overspread — o·ver spread || ‚əʊvÉ™(r)spred v. spread out past; spread over; cover over …

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  • 19overspread — v. a. Cover, spread over, overstrew …

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  • 20overspread — v spread over or through, grow over, cover, mantle; film, wrap, overlay, coat; fill, glut, engulf, infest, saturate, supersaturate, inundate; load, choke, clog; flourish, grow wild, Inf. run amuck, Inf. run riot, Inf. run wild, spread like… …

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