Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overspread
Participle: overspread
Gerund: overspreading
Indicative
Present
| I | overspread |
| you | overspread |
| he;she;it | overspreads |
| we | overspread |
| you | overspread |
| they | overspread |
Perfect
| I | have overspread |
| you | have overspread |
| he;she;it | has overspread |
| we | have overspread |
| you | have overspread |
| they | have overspread |
Past
| I | overspread |
| you | overspread |
| he;she;it | overspread |
| we | overspread |
| you | overspread |
| they | overspread |
Pluperfect
| I | had overspread |
| you | had overspread |
| he;she;it | had overspread |
| we | had overspread |
| you | had overspread |
| they | had overspread |
Future
| I | will overspread |
| you | will overspread |
| he;she;it | will overspread |
| we | will overspread |
| you | will overspread |
| they | will overspread |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overspread |
| you | will have overspread |
| he;she;it | will have overspread |
| we | will have overspread |
| you | will have overspread |
| they | will have overspread |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overspread |
| you | overspread |
| he;she;it | overspread |
| we | overspread |
| you | overspread |
| they | overspread |
Perfect
| I | have overspread |
| you | have overspread |
| he;she;it | have overspread |
| we | have overspread |
| you | have overspread |
| they | have overspread |
Imperfect
| I | overspread |
| you | overspread |
| he;she;it | overspread |
| we | overspread |
| you | overspread |
| they | overspread |
Pluperfect
| I | had overspread |
| you | had overspread |
| he;she;it | had overspread |
| we | had overspread |
| you | had overspread |
| they | had overspread |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overspread |
| you | would overspread |
| he;she;it | would overspread |
| we | would overspread |
| you | would overspread |
| they | would overspread |
Perfect
| I | would have overspread |
| you | would have overspread |
| he;she;it | would have overspread |
| we | would have overspread |
| you | would have overspread |
| they | would have overspread |
Imperative
| you | overspread |
| we | Let's overspread |
| you | overspread |
Verbs conjugated like 'overspread'
beset,
broadcast,
burst,
bust,
cost,
crosscut,
cut,
forecast,
hit,
hurt,
inset,
let,
misread,
overset,
overspread,
put,
read,
rebroadcast,
recut,
relet, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overspread'
overread,
overspeak,
overspend,
overstream,
overtread,
bespread,
despread,
forespread,
forspread,
outspread,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English overspreden, from Old English ofersprǣdan; equivalent to over- + spread. Cognate with Dutch overspreiden (“to overspread”), German überspreiten (“to overspread”). See: Dutch '
overspreiden', German, old spelling '
überspreiten'.
Sample Sentences
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those nations of the North which overspread the world [1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC:]
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Lady Bellaston fixed her eyes on Sophia whilst she spoke these words. To which that poor young lady, having her face overspread with blushes and confusion, answered, in a stammering voice […] [1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:]
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So thick a haze o’erspreads the sky,
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They cannot see the sun on high:
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The wind hath blown a gale all day;
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At evening it hath died away. [1802, Robert Southey, The Inchcape Rock:]
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Deliberately, and with a peculiar quivering smile, that seemed to overspread her whole body, she put her mouth on his. [1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:]