"overspread" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /əʊvəˈspɹɛd/ [UK] Forms: overspreads [present, singular, third-person], overspreading [participle, present], overspread [participle, past], overspread [past]
Etymology: From Middle English overspreden, from Old English ofersprǣdan; equivalent to over- + spread. Cognate with Dutch overspreiden (“to overspread”), German überspreiten (“to overspread”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|overspreden}} Middle English overspreden, {{inh|en|ang|ofersprǣdan}} Old English ofersprǣdan, {{pre|en|over|spread}} over- + spread, {{cog|nl|overspreiden|t=to overspread}} Dutch overspreiden (“to overspread”), {{cog|de|überspreiten|t=to overspread}} German überspreiten (“to overspread”) Head templates: {{en-verb|overspreads|overspreading|overspread}} overspread (third-person singular simple present overspreads, present participle overspreading, simple past and past participle overspread)
  1. (transitive) To spread over or across (something); cover over; be scattered over; permeate, overrun. Tags: transitive Synonyms: bespread
    Sense id: en-overspread-en-verb-lbgb0hmh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 77 23
  2. (intransitive) To be spread or scattered about. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-overspread-en-verb-T71qcq5H
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: o'erspread [contraction, literary]

Inflected forms

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