Spread

Definition:

(imp. & p. p.) of Spread
(v. t.) To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only; to stretch or expand to a broad or broader surface or extent; to open; to unfurl; as, to spread a carpet; to spread a tent or a sail.
(v. t.) To extend so as to cover something; to extend to a great or grater extent in every direction; to cause to fill or cover a wide or wider space.
(v. t.) To divulge; to publish, as news or fame; to cause to be more extensively known; to disseminate; to make known fully; as, to spread a report; -- often acompanied by abroad.
(v. t.) To propagate; to cause to affect great numbers; as, to spread a disease.
(v. t.) To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia; to emit; as, odoriferous plants spread their fragrance.
(v. t.) To strew; to scatter over a surface; as, to spread manure; to spread lime on the ground.
(v. t.) To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to spread a table.
(v. i.) To extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only; to be extended or stretched; to expand.
(v. i.) To be extended by drawing or beating; as, some metals spread with difficulty.
(v. i.) To be made known more extensively, as news.
(v. i.) To be propagated from one to another; as, the disease spread into all parts of the city.
(n.) Extent; compass.
(n.) Expansion of parts.
(n.) A cloth used as a cover for a table or a bed.
(n.) A table, as spread or furnished with a meal; hence, an entertainment of food; a feast.
(n.) A privilege which one person buys of another, of demanding certain shares of stock at a certain price, or of delivering the same shares of stock at another price, within a time agreed upon.
(n.) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
() imp. & p. p. of Spread, v.

Compare spread with other words:

flow vs. spread

spilt vs. spread

flurry vs. spread

span vs. spread

sprad vs. spread

prolong vs. spread

reach vs. spread

spread vs. variability

pervasive vs. spread

follow vs. spread

shatter vs. spread

spread vs. thrive

snack vs. spread

publish vs. spread

dust vs. spread

margin vs. spread

litter vs. spread

perfusive vs. spread

semination vs. spread

circumfusile vs. spread

overgo vs. spread

diffusibility vs. spread

splay vs. spread

intersperse vs. spread

sink vs. spread

deploy vs. spread

convey vs. spread

pervade vs. spread

scrape vs. spread

release vs. spread

condiment vs. spread

broad vs. spread

content vs. spread

broadcast vs. spread

spread vs. sweep

spread vs. swept

sprawl vs. spread

contribute vs. spread

infected vs. spread

deflection vs. spread

cost vs. spread

demonstrate vs. spread

exemplar vs. spread

exemplified vs. spread

precept vs. spread

apply vs. spread

share vs. spread

effuse vs. spread

mean vs. spread

spread vs. strewing

patulous vs. spread

eradiate vs. spread

seminate vs. spread

infective vs. spread

spread vs. spreader

overspread vs. spread

setout vs. spread

payload vs. spread

spread vs. straggle

butterball vs. spread

scaremonger vs. spread

spread vs. strut

example vs. spread

precedent vs. spread

exercise vs. spread

spread vs. warning

model vs. spread

illustrated vs. spread

exempt vs. spread

ensample vs. spread

imitate vs. spread

spread vs. widen

exemplary vs. spread

parallel vs. spread

clart vs. spread

spatchcock vs. spread

epidemiology vs. spread

diffusion vs. spread

diffuse vs. spread

proliferation vs. spread

spread vs. transgress

spread vs. suffuse

peddle vs. spread

bridle vs. spread

spread vs. wildfire

distribute vs. spread

spread vs. transmit

bunting vs. spread

spread vs. vegetate

spill vs. spread

spread vs. systemic

contagion vs. spread

preserve vs. spread

dissemination vs. spread

rife vs. spread

ramify vs. spread

brayer vs. spread

permeate vs. spread

cancer vs. spread

scale vs. spread

pattern vs. spread

noise vs. spread

display vs. spread

spread vs. strew

spread vs. straddle

profit vs. spread

arbitrage vs. spread

purchase vs. spread

commodity vs. spread

price vs. spread

retail vs. spread

difference vs. spread

spread vs. wholesale

magazine vs. spread

numerical vs. spread

newspaper vs. spread

item vs. spread

food vs. spread

meal vs. spread

bedspread vs. spread

material vs. spread

land vs. spread

expanse vs. spread

spread vs. spreading

propagate vs. spread

circulate vs. spread

expand vs. spread

smear vs. spread

cover vs. spread

disseminated vs. spread

proliferate vs. spread

scatter vs. spread

disperse vs. spread

extend vs. spread

open vs. spread

spread vs. stretch

split vs. spread

spend vs. spread

overlay vs. spread

butter vs. spread

bread vs. spread

distend vs. spread

catch vs. spread

bleed vs. spread

bruit vs. spread

gossip vs. spread

slow vs. spread

disseminate vs. spread

promulgate vs. spread