spread has definitions from the fields of work,agriculture,printing,food
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[ verb ] distribute or disperse widely

Synonyms

distribute

Examples

"The invaders spread their language all over the country"

Used in print

(Successful Farming, 59:12...)

Filling these bunks by the same self unloading wagons used to fill silos spreads cost of the wagons over more time and operations .

([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)

Spread your vacation period over the widest possible span of time or shut the plant down for two_weeks .

(Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)

Throughout the land their hit-and-run terrorists spread fear of ambush and death .

(Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)

The truck dropped them off at the various revetments spread through the jungle .

2
[ verb ] become distributed or widespread

Synonyms

propagate

Examples

"the infection spread" "Optimism spread among the population"

Used in print

(William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)

It is like a mysterious epidemic which , starting first with Abigail and Parris , spreads inexorably with a dreadfully growing virulence through the whole town until all have been infected by it .

(W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)

It spread to most of the audience and was often viewed by visiting whites who snickered behind handkerchief and afterward discussed Negro religion .

(Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)

Since then , the flowers she had planted had spread all_over the hill .

Related terms

move catch

3
[ verb ] spread across or over

Synonyms

overspread

Examples

"A big oil spot spread across the water"

Used in print

(Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)

They spread over an area no larger than Oregon ; yet they include peoples as different from one another as Oregonians are from Patagonians .

(A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)

This may be because the Athabascan divergence began earlier ; or again because the Athabascan languages spread over a very_much larger territory ( including three wholly separated areas ) ; or both .

Related terms

cover transgress

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[ verb ] cause to become widely known

Examples

"spread information" "circulate a rumor" "broadcast the news"

Used in print

(William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)

Postmaster_General Burleson set_about to protect the American people against radical propaganda that might be spread through the mails .

(Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)

And he knew in that moment , with a cold sinking of despair , a dying of old hopes , that Mae had spread some kind of word there among the neighbors .

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[ verb ] spread out or open from a closed or folded state

Examples

"open the map" "spread your arms"

Used in print

(Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)

Some retailing , of_course , always spreads with the population - grocery_stores , drugstores , local haberdasheries and dress_shops , candy_stores and the_like .

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

With a sneer , the man spread his legs and , a third time , confronted them .

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[ adjective ] distributed or spread over a considerable extent

Synonyms

dispersed

Examples

"has ties with many widely dispersed friends" "eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe"

Used in print

(Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)

The infamous Wansee_Conference called by Heydrich in January 1942 , to organize the material and technical means to put_to_death the eleven million Jews spread throughout the nations of Europe , was attended by representatives of major organs of the German state , including the Reich_Minister_of_the_Interior , the State_Secretary in_charge of the Four_Year_Plan , the Reich_Minister_of_Justice , the Under_Secretary_of_Foreign_Affairs .

Related terms

distributed

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[ verb ] become widely known and passed on

Synonyms

circulate go_around

Examples

"the rumor spread" "the story went around in the office"

Used in print

(James J. Maguire, "A Family Affair"...)

Word spreads rapidly in the tightly_knit academic profession , much given to attending meetings and conferences .

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[ verb ] strew or distribute over an area

Synonyms

spread_out scatter

Examples

"He spread fertilizer over the lawn" "scatter cards across the table"

Used in print

(A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)

For Athabascan , with a greater range of stems , the first two of five corresponding columns were identical , 1 and 2 stems ; the three others had to be spread somewhat , and are headed respectively * * f ; * * f ; and * * f stems .

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[ noun ] a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures

Synonyms

gap

Examples

: "gap between income and outgo" "the spread between lending and borrowing costs"

Used in print

(S. Idell Pyle, et al., Onsets, Completions, and...)

Second , for both sexes , the 21 transverse lines in the Onset Profile vary more in individual spread than those in the Completion Profile .

Although the standard_deviation values on which spread of the lines are based are relatively larger for those centers which begin to ossify early ( Table 1 ) , there are considerable differences in this value between centers having the closely timed Onsets .

(E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)

The doctor , with the air of a man whose professional interests have found scope , drew Alex 's attention to those excellences which might otherwise have escaped him : the fine color in comb and wattles , the length and quality of neck and saddle_hackles , the firm , wide spread of the toes , and a rare justness in the formation of the ear lappets .

Related terms

disparity

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[ noun ] process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

Synonyms

spreading

Used in print

(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)

One might expect some spread of the disease in this case resulting in increased effectiveness of the attack .

(Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)

Though the spread of this type of decoration in the Aegean has not_yet been precisely determined , it seems to appear first in the Cyclades , which were among the leading exporters of pottery throughout the century .

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[ verb ] move outward

Examples

"The soldiers fanned out"

Used in print

(David Alexander, Bloodstain....)

The viscous mud was ankle-deep , and in places great puddles spread across the road and reflected the murky light .

(Cliff Farrell, Trail of the Tattered Star....)

The blaze was spreading to the frame buildings .

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[ noun ] (work,agriculture) farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)

Used in print

(Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)

He had n't even pretended to be farming his spread .

He made their spreads his headquarters , and he helped_out in their roundups .

Related terms

farm ranch

13
[ adjective ] fully extended in width

Synonyms

outspread

Examples

"outspread wings" "with arms spread wide"

Used in print

(Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)

The push-up itself can be taught by starting at the top of the push-up with legs spread wide .

Related terms

extended

14
[ noun ] a haphazard distribution in all directions

Synonyms

scatter

Used in print

(Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)

Members of higher and lower social_status often cluster around this nucleus , so_that Protestant figures on social_class give the impression of spread over all social_classes ; but this is deceptive , for the core of membership is concentrated in a single social and economic stratum .

15
[ adjective ] prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out

Examples

"a table spread with food"

Related terms

prepared

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[ noun ] (food) a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed

Synonyms

feast banquet

Examples

"a banquet for the graduating seniors" "the Thanksgiving feast" "they put out quite a spread"

Related terms

meal feast

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[ noun ] the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age)

Examples

"she exercised to avoid that middle-aged spread"

Related terms

girth

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[ noun ] decorative cover for a bed
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[ verb ] cover by spreading something over

Examples

"spread the bread with cheese"

Related terms

cover slather

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[ verb ] distribute over a surface in a layer

Examples

"spread cheese on a piece of bread"

Related terms

spreader

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[ noun ] (printing) two facing pages of a book or other publication
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[ noun ] act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time

Synonyms

spreading

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