Definition of "overspreading" []

• Present participle of overspread. (verb)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "Hawthwaite shook his head, with a puzzled expression overspreading his somewhat heavy and unimaginative features."
• "Holding the rifle back, as if expecting an attempt to recover it, the savage thrust his head forward, with a tantalizing expression overspreading his ugly features."
• "The man shut his eyes, with a weary sort of expression overspreading his features; and remained silent."