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View definitions for overspreads

overspreads

verb as in pervade

verb as in blanket

verb as in suffuse

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Example Sentences

That vast perpetual movement ceases; a sort of drowsiness and languor overspreads it; and it seems weary and about to rest.

"The grey vapour that overspreads his skies seldom admits a fleeting gleam of sunshine to pass through" (Burton).

Its blood gushed upon a rose-tree, which became so large that it overspreads the whole village.

A delighted grin overspreads his face and he quickly draws his companion's attention to it.

Everything is transacted through functionaries, and an unintelligent and meddling bureaucracy overspreads the land.

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On this page you'll find 364 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to overspreads, such as: breach, infect, infest, loot, occupy, and overrun.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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