overspread
Collocations
4ADJ.
north
VERB + OVERSPREAD
face, having, wave
OVERSPREAD + NOUN
blushes, country, world
PREP.
with
Definitions
verb
To spread over or across (something); cover over; be scattered over; permeate, overrun.
those nations of the North which overspread the world
Lady Bellaston fixed her eyes on Sophia whilst she spoke these words. To which that poor young lady, having her face overspread with blushes and confusion, answered, in a stammering voice […]
To be spread or scattered about.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — spread across or over
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
4those nations of the North which overspread the world
WiktionaryLady Bellaston fixed her eyes on Sophia whilst she spoke these words. To which that poor young lady, having her face overspread with blushes and confusion, answered, in a stammering voice […]
WiktionarySo thick a haze o’erspreads the sky, They cannot see the sun on high: The wind hath blown a gale all day; At evening it hath died away.
WiktionaryA period of reform had now begun, and after 1909 a wave of "progressivism" overspread the country.
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