Antonyms for overspreading
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : oh-ver-spred |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈsprɛd |
- abandon
- abstain
- aid
- assist
- clean
- clear
- close
- collect
- compress
- contract
- deflate
- dehydrate
- deplete
- deprive
- diet
- disclose
- disregard
- dissatisfy
- divulge
- drain
- dry
- empty
- evacuate
- exclude
- exhaust
- explain
- expose
- fail
- fast
- forget
- free
- gather
- give
- help
- honor
- ignore
- laud
- lay bare
- lay out
- leave alone
- let go
- let loose
- let out
- lose
- miss
- open
- protect
- purify
- receive
- release
- retreat
- reveal
- set free
- show
- shrink
- spend
- surrender
- take
- take out
- tell
- unblock
- uncover
- underwhelm
- unloose
- unmask
- unstop
- unwrap
- upgrade
- use
- use up
- void
- waste
- yield
Definition of overspreading
Origin :- c.1200, "to spread throughout," from over- + spread (v.). Related: Overspread (past tense); overspreading. Old English had ofersprædan "to overlay, cover."
- As in ripple effect : noun chain of cause and effect
- As in invade : verb attack and encroach
- As in overrun : verb infest, spread over; exceed
- As in pervade : verb affect strongly; spread through
- As in smear : verb rub on, spread over
- As in blanket : verb cover
- As in suffuse : verb spread out
- As in cover : verb wrap, hide
- As in envelop : verb encase, hide
- As in fill : verb to put in and occupy the whole of
- A sickly pallor was overspreading the handy-man's flame-colored visage.
- Extract from : « The Just and the Unjust » by Vaughan Kester
- I was anxious to have as much fruit as possible on a small surface, intending to keep the runners from overspreading the ground.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 » by Various
- It was past eight o'clock, but the beauty of the soft June sunset was only then overspreading the misty heavens.
- Extract from : « Yesterdays with Authors » by James T. Fields
- A thick, fiery vapor, coming up from the pit, has been overspreading our whole land and blighting half its glory.
- Extract from : « Select Temperance Tracts » by American Tract Society
- In Europe, by the confession of many eminent public writers, heathenism is overspreading the land.
- Extract from : « Reminiscences of a Canadian Pioneer for the last Fifty Years » by Samuel Thompson
- The charcoal in the fireplaces came from oak wood, showing that oak forests are overspreading the country.
- Extract from : « The New Stone Age in Northern Europe » by John M. Tyler
- He stepped upon a mound under the overspreading branches of a chestnut tree.
- Extract from : « The Poniard's Hilt » by Eugne Sue
- There was a glow of pride in her big child, overspreading her face, when it again met the eyes of the grave brown gentleman.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Besides, a fog has suddenly sprung up, overspreading the bay, so that the frigate is hidden from his sight.
- Extract from : « The Flag of Distress » by Mayne Reid
- And lastly: One week, for the overspreading of abomination and that which is determined to be poured upon the desolate.
- Extract from : « Satan » by Lewis Sperry Chafer
Synonyms for overspreading
- access
- apply
- assail
- assault
- bathe
- bedaub
- beset
- besmirch
- blanket
- block
- blow up
- blur
- board up
- breach
- brim over
- bulge out
- burglarize
- burst in
- bury
- bush up
- cache
- cage
- camouflage
- canopy
- cap
- carpet
- causal sequence
- charge
- choke
- cloak
- clog
- close
- clothe
- cloud
- coat
- color
- conceal
- congest
- contagion effect
- contain
- coop
- corral
- cover
- cover up
- cram
- crash
- crowd
- crown
- curtain
- dab
- daub
- defile
- deluge
- descend upon
- diffuse
- dirty
- discolor
- disguise
- dispersion
- dissemination
- distend
- do on the sly
- domino effect
- drape
- dress
- eclipse
- embrace
- encase
- encircle
- enclose
- encompass
- enfold
- engulf
- ensconce
- enshroud
- entrench
- envelop
- enwrap
- extend
- fall on
- fence
- fill
- foray
- fulfill
- furnish
- gird
- girdle
- glut
- go beyond
- go in
- gorge
- guard
- heap
- hem
- hide
- hood
- house
- imbue
- immure
- impregnate
- infect
- infest
- inflate
- infringe
- infuse
- inroad
- interfere
- interject
- introduce
- inundate
- invade
- invest
- jam-pack
- knock-on effect
- lade
- layer
- load
- loot
- make inroads
- mantle
- maraud
- mask
- meddle
- meet
- muscle in
- obscure
- occupy
- overcast
- overflow
- overgrow
- overlay
- overrun
- overshoot
- overspread
- overspreading
- overstep
- overswarm
- overwhelm
- pack
- pack like sardines
- patch
- pen
- penetrate
- percolate
- permeate
- pervade
- pillage
- plaster
- plug
- plunder
- protect
- puff up
- pump up
- put on
- raid
- ram
- ram in
- ravage
- replenish
- roll
- run on
- run over
- sate
- satiate
- satisfy
- saturate
- screen
- secrete
- set on
- shade
- sheathe
- shield
- shoal
- shroud
- shut in
- slippery slope
- slop
- smudge
- soil
- spatter
- spill
- sprawl
- spray
- spread
- spread like wildfire
- sprinkle
- stain
- stash
- steep
- stock
- stopper
- store
- storm
- stretch
- stuff
- suffuse
- sully
- superimpose
- superpose
- supply
- suppress
- surface
- surge
- surpass
- surround
- swaddle
- swarm
- swarm over
- swathe
- swell
- taint
- take up
- tar
- tarnish
- tinge
- top
- top off
- transfuse
- trespass
- veil
- violate
- well over
- wrap
- wrap up
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