overspread > define
verb
- Spread across or over.
- usage: "A big oil spot spread across the water"
- synonyms: spread
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (v.i.) To be spread or scattered over.
- (imp.&p.p.) of Overspread.
- (v.t.) To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the earth.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary