spread over

1. 1.

   form a cover over

   “The grass covered the grave”

   Synonymscover

   Broadertouch

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Questions about spread over

What does spread over mean?

spread over means "form a cover over".

What is another word for spread over?

Close synonyms include cover. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spread over a common word?

spread over is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.