overspread

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to spread over and cover a surface, place, or area

   Dark clouds overspread the valley before the rain began.

2. 2
   verb

   to become spread or scattered across an area

   A pale blush overspread her face when the announcement was made.

From Middle English overspreden and Old English ofersprǣdan, a compound of over + spread. Its literal meaning, 'spread over,' readily extended to light, color, emotion, peoples, and other things that appear to cover or fill an area.

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