Usually means: Spreading over or covering extensively.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. overspreading: Merriam-Webster
  2. overspreading: Collins English Dictionary
  3. overspreading: Vocabulary.com
  4. overspreading: Wordnik
  5. overspreading: Wiktionary
  6. Overspreading, overspreading: Dictionary.com
  7. Overspreading: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Overspreading: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. overspreading: FreeDictionary.org
  10. overspreading: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. overspreading: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (overspreading)

▸ noun:  That which spreads over something else.
▸ adjective:  Rampant; encroaching.

Similar:
overhanging, wide, broad, covering, overspill, spillover, spreadee, overscattering, spawling, overspaciousness, more...

Opposite:
retracting, reducing, minimizing, scaling back

Types:
overkill, more...

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Similar:
overhanging, wide, broad, covering, overspill, spillover, spreadee, overscattering, spawling, overspaciousness, more...

Opposite:
retracting, reducing, minimizing, scaling back

Types:
overkill, more...



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