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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : oh-ver-spred
Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈsprɛd



Definition of overspreading

Origin :
  • c.1200, "to spread throughout," from over- + spread (v.). Related: Overspread (past tense); overspreading. Old English had ofersprædan "to overlay, cover."
  • As in ripple effect : noun chain of cause and effect
  • As in invade : verb attack and encroach
  • As in overrun : verb infest, spread over; exceed
  • As in pervade : verb affect strongly; spread through
  • As in smear : verb rub on, spread over
  • As in blanket : verb cover
  • As in suffuse : verb spread out
  • As in cover : verb wrap, hide
  • As in envelop : verb encase, hide
  • As in fill : verb to put in and occupy the whole of
Example sentences :
  • A sickly pallor was overspreading the handy-man's flame-colored visage.
  • Extract from : « The Just and the Unjust » by Vaughan Kester
  • I was anxious to have as much fruit as possible on a small surface, intending to keep the runners from overspreading the ground.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 » by Various
  • It was past eight o'clock, but the beauty of the soft June sunset was only then overspreading the misty heavens.
  • Extract from : « Yesterdays with Authors » by James T. Fields
  • A thick, fiery vapor, coming up from the pit, has been overspreading our whole land and blighting half its glory.
  • Extract from : « Select Temperance Tracts » by American Tract Society
  • In Europe, by the confession of many eminent public writers, heathenism is overspreading the land.
  • Extract from : « Reminiscences of a Canadian Pioneer for the last Fifty Years » by Samuel Thompson
  • The charcoal in the fireplaces came from oak wood, showing that oak forests are overspreading the country.
  • Extract from : « The New Stone Age in Northern Europe » by John M. Tyler
  • He stepped upon a mound under the overspreading branches of a chestnut tree.
  • Extract from : « The Poniard's Hilt » by Eugne Sue
  • There was a glow of pride in her big child, overspreading her face, when it again met the eyes of the grave brown gentleman.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • Besides, a fog has suddenly sprung up, overspreading the bay, so that the frigate is hidden from his sight.
  • Extract from : « The Flag of Distress » by Mayne Reid
  • And lastly: One week, for the overspreading of abomination and that which is determined to be poured upon the desolate.
  • Extract from : « Satan » by Lewis Sperry Chafer

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