Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb overspread

1 sense of overspread

Sense 1
spread, overspread -- (spread across or over; "A big oil spot spread across the water")
       => cover, continue, extend -- (span an interval of distance, space or time; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles")