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spread
- pronunciation:
- spred
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
spread, spreading, spreads |
| definition 1: |
to open, expand, or unfold.
He spread the newspaper on the table.
- synonyms:
- expand, extend, open, stretch
- antonyms:
- compress, fold
- similar words:
- carry, lay out, roll, unfold
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| definition 2: |
to put on in a layer.
She spread some jam on her bread.- synonyms:
- layer, slather, smear
- similar words:
- apply, bedaub, coat, daub, heap, overspread, paint, pave, pile, plaster
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| definition 3: |
to widen (the space) between.
He spread his arms to hug the children.- synonyms:
- expand, open, unfold
- similar words:
- unfurl, unroll, widen
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| definition 4: |
to scatter or distribute.
Please spread the news.- synonyms:
- broadcast, circulate, disperse, disseminate, distribute, strew
- antonyms:
- suppress
- similar words:
- bruit, cast, diffuse, pass, propagate, publish, scatter, sift, sow
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| definition 5: |
to set (a table) for a meal.
- synonyms:
- lay, set
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| related words: |
bag, broaden, carry, communicate, crumb, diversify, dope, enlarge, fan, muck, noise, overrun, prime, radiate, rub, space, stretch, transmit |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to become distributed or dispersed over an extended area.
- synonyms:
- diffuse, expand, permeate, radiate
- similar words:
- disperse, effuse, extend, fan, range, stretch
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| definition 2: |
to extend over time.
- synonyms:
- reach, stretch
- similar words:
- range
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| definition 3: |
to become stretched, parted, or extended.
- synonyms:
- expand, extend, open, reach, stretch
- similar words:
- fan, roll, sweep, unfold
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| definition 4: |
to be capable of being applied in a thin layer.
- similar words:
- smear
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| definition 5: |
to be broadcast or disseminated.
- synonyms:
- circulate
- similar words:
- come out, scatter
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| related words: |
bag, balloon, branch, bulge, diffuse, dilate, diverge, enlarge, go, mushroom, pass, penetrate, permeate, propagate, ramble, run, run wild |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act or process of spreading.
- synonyms:
- covering, distribution
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| definition 2: |
the process of extending, expanding, or diffusing.
- synonyms:
- diffusion, dispersion, expansion, extension
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| definition 3: |
a stretch of open space; expanse.
- synonyms:
- expanse, extent, field, reach, stretch, sweep
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| definition 4: |
farmland; ranch.
- synonyms:
- farmstead, homestead, ranch
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| definition 5: |
a cloth covering that is put over certain articles of furniture such as a bed or table.
- synonyms:
- bedspread, comforter, counterpane, coverlet, quilt, tablecloth
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| definition 6: |
food that can be spread on crackers, bread, vegetables, or the like.
- synonyms:
- butter, paste
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| definition 7: |
(informal) a large meal, usu. set out on a table.
- synonyms:
- feed
- similar words:
- repast
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| definition 8: |
an article or advertisement extending over a number of columns or over two facing pages in a newspaper or magazine.
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| related words: |
application, banquet, canopy, diffusion, extent, farm, feast, feed, jam, meal |
| derivation: |
spreadable (adj.) |
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