Antonyms for overspreads
Grammar : 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 overspreads
Origin :- c.1200, "to spread throughout," from over- + spread (v.). Related: Overspread (past tense); overspreading. Old English had ofersprædan "to overlay, cover."
- 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
- It steals very slowly into northern Europe and overspreads it.
- Extract from : « The New Stone Age in Northern Europe » by John M. Tyler
- Little by little the alder (Alnus glutinosa) overspreads the marsh.
- Extract from : « Territory in Bird Life » by H. Eliot Howard
- Some seasons its bloom is scarcely in evidence; other seasons it overspreads the pastures.
- Extract from : « Clovers and How to Grow Them » by Thomas Shaw
- Mark the melancholy that overspreads his features, as he tastes that glass of sherry.
- Extract from : « Round the Block » by John Bell Bouton
- Cooloo, the great bird that overspreads all with his wings, was a chief.
- Extract from : « Contribution to Passamaquoddy Folk-Lore » by J. Walter Fewkes
- With this unctuous gold of the dairy he overspreads his tough hard tack and shares his happiness with his messmates.
- Extract from : « Our campaign around Gettysburg » by John Lockwood
- A beautiful even tone of grey, finely blended with a warmth-giving red, now overspreads the sky.
- Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 19, No. 537, March 10, 1832 » by Various
- They say it is of that form and size, when it first appears, though it soon grows and overspreads the whole heavens.
- Extract from : « The Old Market-Cart » by Mrs. F. B. Smith
- Little by little Balthazar's eyes lost their fire and took the glaucous opaque tint which overspreads the eyes of old men.
- Extract from : « The Alkahest » by Honore de Balzac
- "The grey vapour that overspreads his skies seldom admits a fleeting gleam of sunshine to pass through" (Burton).
- Extract from : « A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools » by Various
Synonyms for overspreads
- 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
- charge
- choke
- cloak
- clog
- close
- clothe
- cloud
- coat
- color
- conceal
- congest
- contain
- coop
- corral
- cover
- cover up
- cram
- crash
- crowd
- crown
- curtain
- dab
- daub
- defile
- deluge
- descend upon
- diffuse
- dirty
- discolor
- disguise
- distend
- do on the sly
- 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
- lade
- layer
- load
- loot
- make inroads
- mantle
- maraud
- mask
- meddle
- meet
- muscle in
- obscure
- occupy
- overcast
- overflow
- overgrow
- overlay
- overrun
- overshoot
- overspread
- 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
- slop
- smudge
- soil
- spatter
- spill
- 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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