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spread
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Adjective
  • fully extended in width
    • outspread wings
    • with arms spread wide
  • prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out
    • a table spread with food
  • distributed or spread over a considerable extent
    • has ties with many widely dispersed friends
    • eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe
Noun
  • act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
  • decorative cover for a bed
  • the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age)
    • she exercised to avoid that middle-aged spread
  • two facing pages of a book or other publication
  • a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed
    • a banquet for the graduating seniors
    • the Thanksgiving feast
    • they put out quite a spread
  • a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
  • a haphazard distribution in all directions
  • farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
  • a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
    • gap between income and outgo
    • the spread between lending and borrowing costs
  • process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
Verb
  • distribute over a surface in a layer
    • spread cheese on a piece of bread
  • cover by spreading something over
    • spread the bread with cheese
  • move outward
    • The soldiers fanned out
  • strew or distribute over an area
    • He spread fertilizer over the lawn
    • scatter cards across the table
  • become widely known and passed on
    • the rumor spread
    • the story went around in the office
  • cause to become widely known
    • spread information
    • circulate a rumor
    • broadcast the news
  • spread out or open from a closed or folded state
    • open the map
    • spread your arms
  • spread across or over
    • A big oil spot spread across the water
  • become distributed or widespread
    • the infection spread
    • Optimism spread among the population
  • distribute or disperse widely
    • The invaders spread their language all over the country
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