spread

Meaning

Verb

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

Noun

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

Noun

An act or instance of spreading (speedreading).

Concepts

spread

extend

scatter

stretch

expand

diffuse

disseminate

spread out

propagate

disperse

smear

circulate

unfold

spreading

open

apply

propagation

distribute

increase

broadcast

diffusion

sprinkle

strew

expansion

extended

reach

extension

cast

widen

scattered

grow

lay out

pervade

cover

separate

overspread

sow

run

paint

expanse

diffused

unroll

go around

paste

stretch out

distribution

lay

emit

bedspread

branch out

enlarge

span

circulation

stretching

extent

be disseminated

daub

rumor

bedcover

expanded

multiply

radiate

proliferate

anoint

grease

dissemination

transmission

broaden

smear on

pave

dilate

dispersion

rub

published

circularise

bed cover

bed covering

gap

splay

creep

publish

cluster

move apart

augment

spread-eagle

unfurl

get about

launch

flow

pour

grow thick

lengthen

margin

growth

make known

rumour

diversification

popularize

dispersed

circularize

pass around

fan out

ranch

spread head

spreadhead

sprawl

range

put out

develop

coat

spill

intensify

disseminated

overlay

get worse

break up

prepared

flourish

heard

move

give off

pass on

layout

step up

adulterate

aggrandize

dilute

magnify

go round

covered

be contagious

scattering

blur

roll out

smooth out

strain

plaster

influence

excess

postponement

surplus

get around

penetrate

be dispersed

be scattered

blow

be rumoured

be rumored

open up

part

announce

emanate

noise

cheapen

familiarize

wipe

top

dope

dough

strewn

opened

outspread

counterpane

cattle farm

cattle ranch

facing pages

banquet

feast

implant

bruit

straggle

agio

area

prevail

scope

promulgate

sound

covering

pass

development

break out

get bigger

blanket

arrange

crumble

line

spread-out

wide

wide-open

flare

bush out

throw

arrive

squander

made

make

tell

pass by

ripple

flood

pepper

bear

lay flat

stir

butter

swell

lay something out flat

parade

place on sale

rub on

promote

push

use

communicate

filled

stir up

cause to expand

waft

be kindled

spread like wildfire

take fire

pervaded

surrounded

raise

appear

amplification

become powerful

run rampant

be infected

be propagated

be taken in

gain influence

iron

knock out

tighten

lacquer

varnish

blot

ooze

reach to

flare up

fling

shower

put forth

be infectious

infect

become widespread

widely talked about

be widely known

become well known

be widely spoken

push others aside

open wide

be hearsay

say

celebrate

spread widely

widely known

herald

proclaim

keep apart

disclosure

exposure

opening

revelation

uncovering

unveiling

territory expansion

reek

have an unpleasant odour

reek to high heaven

smell

stink

permeate

be widespread

branch

come

deployment

dissolution

escalation

expansive

widespread

percolate

popularise

bridge

distance

separated

elongate

superimpose

strew over

overcast

cover over

load

pour down

heighten

scattered about

declared

proclaimed

divulged

devolopment

stretched

crowded

shattered

extending

go abroad

propagated

aggressive

disject

flange

go

blaze abroad

set

thrust

emission

exchange premium

straddle

keep

circuit

be broadcast

be diffused

be scattered abroad

scatter abroad

be in fashion

be in vogue

be prevalent

rage

be renowned

be rumoured abroad

be spoken about

become known

climb

Span

put down

compass

hang

shed

spray

distention

lengthiness

purview

tract

reach out

suffuse

hearsay

promulgation

transpiration

go about

report

carapace

lid

table

yield

unfolding

evolution

evolvement

explosion

elongating

elongation

roll-out

rolling out

verge

plat

sheet

extension activities

generalization

popularization

sale promotion

gradation

malleate

become plentiful

blaze up

bed sheet

lining

padding

replaster

build roof

be separated

be spread

common

well-known

mashed

hang over

squeeze

plant

of fire

jump across

catch

share

weave

divulge

dredge up

make thatch

float

gather

come on

collect

spilt

affect

spurt

enlarged

broadening

proliferation

canvas

slice

bespread

put on

precipitated

difference

differential

differentiation

distinction

disunion

divergence

divorce

separation

separationism

variation

farm

broken

canopied

ceilinged

roofed

asunder

permeation

suffusion

exhale

generalise

generalize

perfuse

spill over

deploy

dispread

divaricate

effuse

give forth

roll

sow in

white out

fork

run out

stretch along

encrust

causeway

crest

face

flash

hard surface

plate

carpet

cloth covering

cope

front

nominal head

screen

brush

brush on

dab

pet

stroke

break

uphold

lush

luxuriant

rapid

very fast

arranged

inform

enlargement

ride

riding

seater

grow big

burst forth

spring

transmitted

prepare

form a circle

become infected

rise

rush

shoot

surge

fill with

jump over

embedded

sown

detached

disconnected

unfolded

unrolled

unwrapped

travel

sprout

deepen

enhance

breed

developed

circulated

distributed

reproduction

advance

ring out

thunder

throw about

smeared

crawl

flow swiftly

pour out

shift

advertise

interstice

mix

prop up

set up

diverge

array

overhang

projection

pâté

disband

litter

floor

hang out

make public

trumpet

open out

lubricant

instill

ingraft

involve

increase in size

pour on

dismantle

information

carry forward

enhancement

exaltation

delay

invite

postpone

procrastinate

prolong

overrun

communication

rampant

cast aside

remove

infest

contaminated

sow seeds

carry out

transmit

made known

upgrade

display

exhibit

clean

divide

cross

blot out

mud

revenue

give an account of

publicize

Pronounced as (IPA)

/spɹɛd/

Etymology

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”), Norwegian spre, spreie (“to spread, disseminate”), Swedish sprida (“to spread”), Latin spernō, spargō, Ancient Greek σπείρω (speírō), Persian سپردن (sepordan, “to deposit”), English spurn.

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