Definitions for: Overspread

[v] spread across or over; "A big oil spot spread across the water"

Webster (1913) Definition: O`ver*spread", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overspread; p.
pr. & vb. n. Overspreading.] [AS. oferspr[=ae]dan.]
To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the
earth. --Chaucer.

Those nations of the North Which overspread the world.
--Drayton.

O`ver*spread", v. i.
To be spread or scattered over.

Synonyms: spread

See Also: cover, extend, transgress