overspread

o·ver·spread  (vr-sprd)

tr.v. o·ver·spread, o·ver·spread·ing, o·ver·spreads

To spread or extend over the surface of: Dark clouds are overspreading the sky.

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over·spread n.

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Verb

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overspread - spread across or over; "A big oil spot spread across the water" spread cover, extend, continue - span an interval of distance, space or time; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles" transgress - spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline; "The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island"