English

Verb

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.
   • Drayton

     those nations of the North which overspread the world

   • 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, p. 289:

     Deliberately, and with a peculiar quivering smile, that seemed to overspread her whole body, she put her mouth on his.

2. (intransitive) To be spread or scattered about.