Found 2 items, similar to overspread.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: overspread overspread v : spread across or over; “A big oil spot spread across the water” [syn: spread]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Overspread Overspread \O`ver*spread"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overspread; p. pr. & vb. n. Overspreading.] [AS. oferspr[=ae]dan.] To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the earth. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Those nations of the North Which overspread the world. --Drayton. [1913 Webster] Overspread \O`ver*spread"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overspread; p. pr. & vb. n. Overspreading.] [AS. oferspr[=ae]dan.] To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the earth. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Those nations of the North Which overspread the world. --Drayton. [1913 Webster] Overspread \O`ver*spread"\, v. i. To be spread or scattered over. [1913 Webster]