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Spread   /sprɛd/   Listen
Spread

verb
(past & past part. spread; pres. part. spreading)
1.
Distribute or disperse widely.  Synonym: distribute.  Antonym: gather.
2.
Become distributed or widespread.  Synonym: propagate.  "Optimism spread among the population"
3.
Spread across or over.  Synonym: overspread.
4.
Spread out or open from a closed or folded state.  Synonyms: open, spread out, unfold.  "Spread your arms"  Antonym: fold.
5.
Cause to become widely known.  Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate.  "Circulate a rumor" , "Broadcast the news"
6.
Become widely known and passed on.  Synonyms: circulate, go around.  "The story went around in the office"
7.
Strew or distribute over an area.  Synonyms: scatter, spread out.  "Scatter cards across the table"
8.
Move outward.  Synonyms: diffuse, fan out, spread out.
9.
Cover by spreading something over.
10.
Distribute over a surface in a layer.
noun
1.
Process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space.  Synonym: spreading.
2.
A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.  Synonym: gap.  "The spread between lending and borrowing costs"
3.
Farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle).  Synonyms: cattle farm, cattle ranch, ranch.
4.
A haphazard distribution in all directions.  Synonym: scatter.
5.
A tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes.  Synonym: paste.
6.
A meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed.  Synonyms: banquet, feast.  "The Thanksgiving feast" , "They put out quite a spread"
7.
Two facing pages of a book or other publication.  Synonyms: facing pages, spread head, spreadhead.
8.
The expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age).
9.
Decorative cover for a bed.  Synonyms: bed cover, bed covering, bedcover, bedspread, counterpane.
10.
Act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time.  Synonym: spreading.
adjective
1.
Distributed or spread over a considerable extent.  Synonym: dispersed.  "Eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe"
2.
Prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out.
3.
Fully extended in width.  Synonym: outspread.  "With arms spread wide"



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"Spread" Quotes from Famous Books



... sudden and unexpected appearance had frightened her. Now as we faced each other, as I stood looking down into her face, I saw the color rise and spread over that face from ...
— Kent Knowles: Quahaug • Joseph C. Lincoln
... taken shelter in a hut in the woods, but were discovered by Brown, who creeping up to the place where they were asleep, distinguished them from the natives by feeling their toes; as people unaccustomed to wear shoes are easily discovered from the spread of their toes. Next day Mr. Hayward attacked them, but they grounded their arms without opposition; their hands were bound behind their back and sent down to the boat under a ...
— Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora - Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the - South Seas, 1790-1791 • Edward Edwards
... on, the Brahman became very well known in Sravasti. His fame indeed spread far beyond the town, and people came from far away to consult him about all sorts of things, and he gave them good advice, for he was a very wise man. Those who wanted him to tell them what to do paid him for his ...
— Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit • S. M. Mitra and Nancy Bell
... diamond-like in the stirring of a balmy wind. Here she bade me rest—and sank gently on the flowery bank beside me. Then viewing her more closely I greatly feared her beauty—for I saw a wondrous halo wide and dazzling—a golden aureole that spread itself around her in scintillating points of light—light that reflected itself also on me and bathed me in its luminous splendor. And as I gazed at her in speechless awe, she leaned toward me nearer and nearer, her deep, pure eyes burning softly into mine ... her hands touched me—her arms closed ...
— Ardath - The Story of a Dead Self • Marie Corelli
... in the process was gradually replaced by one of bewilderment as with every twist the contents kept squeezing through until it looked as though there would be no residue left. It was a shock even to Bruce, who was prepared for it, when he spread the chamois skin on a rock and looked at the ball of amalgam ...
— The Man from the Bitter Roots • Caroline Lockhart


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