overspread

/ˈoʊvərˌsprɛd/
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Other forms: overspreading; overspreads

Definitions of overspread
  1. verb
    spread across or over
    synonyms: spread
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    types:
    transgress
    spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline
    type of:
    continue, cover, extend
    span an interval of distance, space or time
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