spread

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
2. (transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. simple past and past participle of spread
3. (transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
4. (intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
5. (transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.
6. (intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.
7. (transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.
8. (transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.
9. To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
10. (intransitive, slang) To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of spreading.
2. (countable, uncountable) Something that has been spread.
3. (countable, uncountable) A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.
4. (countable, uncountable) An expanse of land.
5. (countable, uncountable) A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.
6. (countable, uncountable) A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
7. (countable, uncountable) A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
8. (countable, uncountable, usually) Any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams.
9. (countable, uncountable) A set of multiple torpedoes launched on side-by-side, slowly-diverging paths toward one or more enemy ships.
10. (slang, uncountable) Food improvised by inmates from various ingredients to relieve the tedium of prison food.
11. (countable, uncountable) An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
12. (countable, uncountable) Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.
13. (countable, uncountable) A numerical difference.
14. (countable, uncountable) A measure of how far the data tend to deviate from the average.
15. (countable, uncountable) The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
16. (countable, uncountable) The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
17. (countable, uncountable) The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.
18. (countable, uncountable) The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.
19. (countable, uncountable) An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.
20. (countable, uncountable) The difference between bidding and asking price.
21. (countable, uncountable) The difference between the prices of two similar items.
22. (countable, uncountable) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
23. (countable, uncountable) The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.
24. (countable, uncountable) Excessive width of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper.
25. (countable, uncountable) The difference between the teams' final scores at the end of a sport match.

Noun

An act or instance of spreading (speedreading).

Concepts

étendre

répandre

étaler

disperser

propager

se répandre

s’étendre

diffuser

propagation

éparpiller

écarter

enduire

se propager

s’étaler

diffusion

pâte à tartiner

tendre

déployer

élargir

écart

étirer

festin

se disperser

colporter

arranger

circuler

dérouler

appliquer

s’étirer

déplier

ramper

ouvrir

parsemer

divulguer

augmenter

ouvert

pâte

tartiner

distendre

disséminer

couler

dissémination

dispositif

configuration

atteindre

gonfler

gagner

fête

⛷️

dispersion

amplifier

Synonymes

extend

scatter

stretch

expand

diffuse

disseminate

spread out

propagate

disperse

circulate

smear

spreading

unfold

open

apply

distribute

propagation

increase

broadcast

diffusion

strew

sprinkle

expansion

extended

extension

reach

cast

scattered

widen

grow

separate

overspread

pervade

cover

sow

lay out

paint

diffused

expanse

run

paste

unroll

go around

bedspread

emit

lay

stretch out

distribution

branch out

extent

Traductions

extender

espalhar

ausbreiten

stendere

diffondere

verspreiden

difundir

regar

verbreiten

tender

desplegar

spalmare

Verbreitung

spargere

esparcir

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/spɹɛd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: spreden

Hérité de ancien anglais: sprǣdan

Appartenant à saterlandais: spreede

Appartenant à frison occidental: spriede

Appartenant à frison septentrional: spriedjen

Appartenant à néerlandais: spreiden

Appartenant à bas-allemand: spreden

Appartenant à allemand: spreiten

Appartenant à norvégien: spre

Appartenant à suédois: sprida

Appartenant à latin: spernō

Appartenant à grec ancien: σπείρω

Appartenant à persan: سپردن

Appartenant à anglais: spurn

In summary

From Middle English spreden, from Old English sprǣdan (“to spread, expand”), from Proto-Germanic *spraidijaną (“to spread”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian spreede (“to spread”), West Frisian spriede (“to spread”), North Frisian spriedjen (“to spread”), Dutch spreiden (“to spread”), Low German spreden (“to spread”), German spreiten (“to spread, spread out”), Danish sprede (“to spread”), Norwegian spre, spreie (“to spread, disseminate”), Swedish sprida (“to spread”), Latin spernō, spargō, Ancient Greek σπείρω (speírō), Persian سپردن (sepordan, “to deposit”), English spurn.

Phrases

The " Daily " was instrumental in the spread of the Paul is dead urban legend .

Le «quotidien» a joué un rôle déterminant dans la propagation de la légende urbaine morte.

This suggests that evolution and spread occurred simultaneously within various lineages .

Cela suggère que l'évolution et la propagation se sont produites simultanément au sein de diverses lignées.