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spread over

/sprɛd ˌoʊvər/
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Other forms: spreading over; spreads over

Definitions of spread over
  1. verb
    form a cover over
    synonyms: cover
    cover
    provide with a covering or cause to be covered
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    types:
    flood
    cover with liquid, usually water
    bloody
    cover with blood
    mist, mist over
    become covered with mist
    glaciate
    cover with ice or snow or a glacier
    strew
    cover; be dispersed over
    grass, grass over
    cover with grass
    cake, coat
    form a coat over
    drown, overwhelm, submerge
    cover completely or make imperceptible
    mantle
    cover like a mantle
    cloak, clothe, drape, robe
    cover as if with clothing
    blanket
    form a blanket-like cover (over)
    carpet
    form a carpet-like cover (over)
    smother
    form an impenetrable cover over
    shroud
    form a cover like a shroud
    flow
    cover or swamp with water
    deluge, inundate, submerge
    fill or cover completely, usually with water
    drench, swamp
    drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
    type of:
    adjoin, contact, meet, touch
    be in direct physical contact with; make contact
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