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spread
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- pronunciation:
- spred
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
spreads, spreading, spread |
| definition 1: |
to open, expand, or unfold.
He spread the newspaper and lay it 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 widen the space between.
He spread his arms to hug the children.She spread the curtains to let in the sunlight.- synonyms:
- open
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| definition 3: |
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 4: |
to cover with a layer.
She spread the slices of bread with butter. |
| definition 5: |
to scatter or distribute.
The neighbors spread the news about the strange incident.One infected worker spread the disease among his co-workers at the factory.- 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 6: |
to set (a table) for a meal.
By five o'clock the banquet tables had all been beautifully spread.- 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.
The weeds spread until they covered the entire garden.The disease spread across the city.- synonyms:
- diffuse, expand, permeate, radiate
- similar words:
- disperse, effuse, extend, fan, range, stretch
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| definition 2: |
to become stretched out, parted, or extended.
As the wings of the butterfly spread, a beautiful pattern is revealed.- synonyms:
- expand, extend, open, reach, stretch
- similar words:
- fan, roll, sweep, unfold
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| definition 3: |
to be capable of being applied in a layer.
The butter is soft now and spreads easily.- similar words:
- smear
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| definition 4: |
to be broadcast or disseminated.
The rumor spread quickly over the internet.- 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 |
adverb + (v.)spread
gradually
(v.)spread
+ adverb
apart, evenly, everywhere, fast, out, outward, quickly, rapidly, thinly, wide, widely, worldwide
(v.)spread
+ noun
acre,
arm,
baking,
batter,
blanket,
bread,
butter,
chocolate,
cloth,
compost,
continent,
cookie,
cream,
crust,
dough,
flat,
foot,
frosting,
globe,
glue,
gospel,
inch,
jam,
layer,
leg,
liver,
lung,
lymph,
manure,
mayonnaise,
message,
mile,
mixture,
mustard,
net,
node,
nut,
palm,
peanut,
pecan,
poison,
quilt,
sauce,
seed,
sheet,
skirt,
slice,
tablecloth,
tablespoon,
terror,
thigh,
toast,
towel,
wealth,
wildfire,
wing,
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act or process of spreading.
She stopped the spread of the spilled milk with a paper towel.- synonyms:
- covering, distribution
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| definition 2: |
the process of extending, expanding, or diffusing.
The city took urgent measures to stop the spread of the illness.- 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 |
adjective + (n.)spread
far, global, rapid, upward, wide
verb + (n.)spread
contain, contribute, control, halt, limit, prevent, promote, reduce, slow, stop
noun + (n.)spread
cheese, sandwich
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| derivation: |
spreadable (adj.) |
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