Dictionary
spread
Meaning
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- To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
- To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions.
- To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
- To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
- To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.
- To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.
- To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.
- To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.
- To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
- (slang) To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/spɹɛd/
Cognate with Dutch
spreiden
Cognate with German
spreiten
Cognate with Latin
spernō
Cognate with English
spurn
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