transitive verboverspread

• Cover the surface of; spread over.

  ‘a broad smile overspread his face’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Between heaven and earth He separately placed in order men and things, all overspread by the heavens.’
  • ‘Minute fungi overspread the whole exterior, hanging in a fine tangled webwork from the eaves.’
  • ‘A wry grin overspread her lips as she found herself walking towards a small hut.’
  • ‘The wind battered the stable and brought down dead matter from the oak that overspread it.’
  • ‘The sky of the plant was overspread with smoke of the burning tires and furniture.’

  Synonyms

  envelop, shroud, swathe, veil, cloak, cloud, submerge, enfold, enwrap, surround, bury