overspread
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transitive verb \ˌō-vər-ˈspred\over·spreadover·spread·ing
Definition of OVERSPREAD
: to spread over or above
— over·spread \ˈō-vər-ˌspred\ noun
Examples of OVERSPREAD
- <the butter should evenly overspread the baking pan>
- <autumn leaves overspreading one another on the lawn to form a colorful mosaic>
First Known Use of OVERSPREAD
before 12th century
Rhymes with OVERSPREAD
acidhead, aforesaid, arrowhead, barrelhead, bubblehead, bufflehead, butterhead, chowderhead, chucklehead, colorbred, copperhead, Diamond Head, dragonhead, dunderhead, featherbed, featherhead, fiddlehead, figurehead, fountainhead, get ahead, gingerbread, go-ahead, hammerhead, head-to-head, Holinshed, infrared, Java Head, knucklehead, letterhead, Lizard Head, loggerhead, lowlihead, maidenhead, Marblehead, metalhead, newlywed, overhead, pinniped, pointy-head, poppyhead, quadruped, riverbed, running head, saddlebred, Saint John's bread, Samoyed, scratch one's head, showerhead, sleepyhead, slugabed, soda bread, standardbred, straight-ahead, talking head, thoroughbred, thunderhead, timberhead, turn one's head, turtlehead, underbred, watershed, woodenhead
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