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overspread

[ oh-ver-spred ]

/ ˌoʊ vərˈsprɛd /

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verb (used with object), o·ver·spread, o·ver·spread·ing.

to spread or diffuse over: A blush of embarrassment overspread his face.

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compact

joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid.

ready or inclined to fight.

not participating actively.

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Origin of overspread

before 1000; Middle English overspreden, Old English ofersprǣdan. See over-, spread

Words nearby overspread

oversoul, overspecialization, overspend, overspill, overspin, overspread, overstaff, overstand, overstate, overstay, overstayer

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Example sentences from the Web for overspread

The bottoms near are overspread with a dense growth of trees and vines, among which latter I noticed the Muscadine grape.
Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills|Luella Agnes Owen
The loess has also overspread the high adjoining platform near the village of Plaidt above Andernach.
A Manual of Elementary Geology|Charles Lyell.
It was fairly smooth and overspread by a fine sand that bore the impress of many sandaled feet.
The Gilded Man|Clifford Smyth
Those fern-like forms, which on a frosty morning overspread your windowpanes, illustrate the action of the same force.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2|John Tyndall

Then even that practised diplomat allowed amazement to overspread him.
Little Aliens|Myra Kelly

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