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Spread
sprɛd
- open out (something) so as to extend its surface area, width, or length
"I spread a towel on the sand and sat down"
- stretch out (arms, legs, hands, fingers, or wings) so that they are far apart
"Bobby spread his arms wide"
- extend over a large or increasing area
"rain over north-west Scotland will spread south-east during the day"
- (of a group of people) move apart so as to cover a wider area
"the Marines spread out across the docks"
- distribute or disperse (something) over an area
"volcanic eruptions spread dust high into the stratosphere"
- gradually reach or cause to reach a wider area or more people
"the violence spread from the city centre to the suburbs"
- (of people, animals, or plants) become distributed over a large or larger area
"the owls have spread as far north as Kuala Lumpur"
- distribute in a specified way
"you can spread the payments over as long a period as you like"
- apply (a substance) to an object or surface in an even layer
"he sighed, spreading jam on a croissant"
- cover (a surface) with a substance in an even layer
"spread each slice thinly with mayonnaise"
- be able to be applied in an even layer
"a tub of unsalted butter that spreads so well"
- lay (a table) for a meal
- the fact or process of spreading over an area
"warmer temperatures could help reduce the spread of the disease"
- the extent, width, or area covered by something
"the male's antlers can attain a spread of six feet"
- the wingspan of a bird
"the red-tailed hawk has a four-and-a-half-foot spread"
- an expanse or amount of something
"the green spread of the park"
- a large farm or ranch
- the range or variety of something
"a wide spread of ages"
- the difference between two rates or prices
"the very narrow spread between borrowing and deposit rates"
- a soft paste that can be applied in a layer to bread or other food
"low-fat spreads"
- an article or advertisement covering several columns or pages of a newspaper or magazine, especially one on two facing pages
"a double-page spread"
- a large and impressively elaborate meal
"his mother laid on a huge spread"
- a bedspread
"a patchwork spread"