overspread
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of overspread
before 1000; Middle English overspreden, Old English ofersprǣdan. See over-, spread
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The winds will be fierce through the Central Valley, where air funnels easily between the coastal ranges and the Sierra Nevada, but will also overspread the Bay Area, Central Coast and Southern California.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2021
The Pacific jet stream, meanwhile, lifts farther north — allowing warm, moist air to overspread much of the United States and set the stage for storms.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2021
"Poverty and disgrace," Hamilton wrote again, "would overspread a country which with wisdom might make herself the admiration and envy of the world."
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2020
“The worst of the storm will overspread the state later Monday night into Tuesday.”
From Washington Times ● Jan. 31, 2016
“I knew you from the description of poor dear Lucy; but——” She stopped suddenly, and a quick blush overspread her face.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
I went to him and saw that his eyes were sightless; already a thin film was overspreading them.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
The child reached up her small, chapped hand and laid it on his cheek, cuddling closer, a shy, satisfied smile overspreading her face.
From The Other Fellow by Francis Hopkinson Smith
The girl's long dark hair fell around her in loose masses, overspreading and almost inundating the low canary-coloured divan of soft Oriental silk on which she was reclining.
From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
In less than an hour Sir John returned, a broad smile of satisfaction overspreading his grim features.
From The Winning of the Golden Spurs by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
“To San Antonio!” repeated the judge, with an expression of great alarm overspreading his features.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 by Various
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