Overspread

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /əʊvəˈspɹɛd/

Origin

Old English ofersprǣdan, corresponding to - + spread.

Full definition of overspread

Verb

1. (transitive) To spread over or across (something); to permeate, overrun.
• Draytonthose nations of the North which overspread the world
• 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, p. 289:Deliberately, and with a peculiar quivering smile, that seemed to overspread her whole body, she put her mouth on his.