overspread
pronunciation
How to pronounce overspread in British English:
UK [ˌəʊvə'spred]
How to pronounce overspread in American English:
US [ˌoʊvə'spred]
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- Verb:
- spread across or over
Word Origin
- overspread (v.)
- c. 1200, "to spread throughout," from over- + spread (v.). Related: Overspread (past tense); overspreading. Old English had ofersprædan "to overlay, cover."
Example
- 1. A garden path overspread with branches .
- 2. Kjv these are the three sons of noah : and of them was the whole earth overspread .
- 3. These three [ are ] sons of noah , and from these hath all the earth been overspread .
- 4. Indoor and neat sanitation , the sheet is overspread every guest is changed .
- 5. Stress is not an isolated or static matter , it can overspread .