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SPREAD
dispersed, spread
(adjective) distributed or spread over a considerable extent; “has ties with many widely dispersed friends”; “eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe”
outspread, spread
(adjective) fully extended in width; “outspread wings”; “with arms spread wide”
spread
(adjective) prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out; “a table spread with food”
spread, spreading
(noun) act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
bedspread, bedcover, bed cover, bed covering, counterpane, spread
(noun) decorative cover for a bed
ranch, spread, cattle ranch, cattle farm
(noun) farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
gap, spread
(noun) a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures; “gap between income and outgo”; “the spread between lending and borrowing costs”
scatter, spread
(noun) a haphazard distribution in all directions
spread
(noun) the expansion of a person’s girth (especially at middle age); “she exercised to avoid that middle-aged spread”
spread, spread head, spreadhead, facing pages
(noun) two facing pages of a book or other publication
spread, spreading
(noun) process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
banquet, feast, spread
(noun) a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed; “a banquet for the graduating seniors”; “the Thanksgiving feast”; “they put out quite a spread”
spread, paste
(noun) a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
(verb) cause to become widely known; “spread information”; “circulate a rumor”; “broadcast the news”
spread, distribute
(verb) distribute or disperse widely; “The invaders spread their language all over the country”
spread, propagate
(verb) become distributed or widespread; “the infection spread”; “Optimism spread among the population”
unfold, spread, spread out, open
(verb) spread out or open from a closed or folded state; “open the map”; “spread your arms”
diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out
(verb) move outward; “The soldiers fanned out”
spread, scatter, spread out
(verb) strew or distribute over an area; “He spread fertilizer over the lawn”; “scatter cards across the table”
spread, overspread
(verb) spread across or over; “A big oil spot spread across the water”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
spread (third-person singular simple present spreads, present participle spreading, simple past and past participle spread)
(transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space. [from 13th c.]
(transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. [from 13th c.]
(transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area. [from 13th c.]
(intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated. [from 13th c.]
(transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present. [from 14th c.]
(intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended. [from 14th c.]
(transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer. [from 16th c.]
(transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter. [from 16th c.]
To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
(intransitive, slang) To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours. [from 20th c.]
Synonyms
• disseminate
• circulate
• propagate
• diffuse
• put about
Noun
spread (countable and uncountable, plural spreads)
The act of spreading.
Something that has been spread.
(cartomancy) A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.
An expanse of land.
A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.
A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
(bread, etc.) Any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams.
(prison slang, uncountable) Food improvised by inmates from various ingredients to relieve the tedium of prison food.
Synonym: swole
An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.
A numerical difference.
(business, economics) The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
(trading, economics, finance) The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
(trading, finance) The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.
(trading, finance) The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.
(trading) An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.
(trading) The difference between bidding and asking price.
(finance) The difference between the prices of two similar items.
(geometry) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.
Synonyms
• straddle
Anagrams
• Padres, Persad, drapes, dreaps, padres, parsed, rasped, repads, spader, spared
Source: Wiktionary
Spread, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spread; p. pr. & vb. n. Spreading.] Etym: [OE. spreden, AS. sprædan; akin to D. spreiden, spreijen, LG. spreden, spreen, spreien, G. spreiten, Dan. sprede, Sw. sprida. Cf. Spray water flying in drops.]
1. To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only; to stretch or expand to a broad or broader surface or extent; to open; to unfurl; as, to spread a carpet; to spread a tent or a sail. He bought a parcel of a field where he had spread his tent. Gen. xxxiii. 19. Here the Rhone Hath spread himself a couch. Byron.
2. To extend so as to cover something; to extend to a great or grater extent in every direction; to cause to fill or cover a wide or wider space. Rose, as in a dance, the stately trees, and spread Their branches hung with copious fruit. Milton.
3. To divulge; to publish, as news or fame; to cause to be more extensively known; to disseminate; to make known fully; as, to spread a report; -- often acompanied by abroad. They, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country. Matt. ix. 31.
4. To propagate; to cause to affect great numbers; as, to spread a disease.
5. To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia; to emit; as, odoriferous plants spread their fragrance.
6. To strew; to scatter over a surface; as, to spread manure; to spread lime on the ground.
7. To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to spread a table. Boiled the flesh, and spread the board. Tennyson. To sprad cloth, to unfurl sail. [Obs.] Evelyn.
Syn.
– To diffuse; propogate; disperse; publish; distribute; scatter; circulate; disseminate; dispense.
Spread, v. i.
1. To extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only; to be extended or stretched; to expand. Plants, if they spread much, are seldom tall. Bacon. Govrnor Winthrop, and his associates at Charlestown, had for a church a large, spreading tree. B. Trumbull.
2. To be extended by drawing or beating; as, some metals spread with difficulty.
3. To be made known more extensively, as news.
4. To be propagated from one to another; as, the disease spread into all parts of the city. Shak.
Spread, n.
1. Extent; compass. I have got a fine spread of improvable land. Addison.
2. Expansion of parts. No flower hath spread like that of the woodbine. Bacon.
3. A cloth used as a cover for a table or a bed.
4. A table, as spread or furnished with a meal; hence, an entertainment of food; a feast. [Colloq.]
5. A privilege which one person buys of another, of demanding certain shares of stock at a certain price, or of delivering the same shares of stock at another price, within a time agreed upon. [Broker's Cant]
6. (Geom.)
Definition: An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
Spread,
Definition: imp. & p. p. of Spread, v. Spread eagle. (a) An eagle with outspread wings, the national emblem of the United States. (b) The figure of an eagle, with its wings elevated and its legs extended; often met as a device upon military ornaments, and the like. (c) (Her.) An eagle displayed; an eagle with the wings and legs extended on each side of the body, as in the double-headed eagle of Austria and Russia. See Displayed, 2.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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