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spread over

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Verb1.spread over - form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave"
flood - cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
bloody - cover with blood; "bloody your hands"
mist, mist over - become covered with mist; "The windshield misted over"
adjoin, contact, touch, meet - be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"
glaciate - cover with ice or snow or a glacier; "the entire area was glaciated"
strew - cover; be dispersed over; "Dead bodies strewed the ground"
grass over, grass - cover with grass
cake, coat - form a coat over; "Dirt had coated her face"
cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"
drown, submerge, overwhelm - cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"
mantle - cover like a mantle; "The ivy mantles the building"
cloak, robe, clothe, drape - cover as if with clothing; "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees"
blanket - form a blanket-like cover (over)
carpet - form a carpet-like cover (over)
smother - form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered the cake"
shroud - form a cover like a shroud; "Mist shrouded the castle"


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