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ALL meanings of spread

spread
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  • verb spread If you spread your arms, hands, fingers, or legs, you stretch them out until they are far apart. 0
  • verb spread If you spread a substance on a surface or spread the surface with the substance, you put a thin layer of the substance over the surface. 0
  • variable noun spread Spread is a soft food which is put on bread. 0
  • verb spread If something spreads or is spread by people, it gradually reaches or affects a larger and larger area or more and more people. 0
  • verb spread Spread is also a noun. 0
  • verb spread If something such as a liquid, gas, or smoke spreads or is spread, it moves outwards in all directions so that it covers a larger area. 0
  • verb spread If you spread something over a period of time, it takes place regularly or continuously over that period, rather than happening at one time. 0
  • verb spread If you spread something such as wealth or work, you distribute it evenly or equally. 0
  • singular noun spread A spread of ideas, interests, or other things is a wide variety of them. 0
  • countable noun spread A spread is a large meal, especially one that has been prepared for a special occasion. 0
  • countable noun spread A spread is two pages of a book, magazine, or newspaper that are opposite each other when you open it at a particular place. 0
  • singular noun spread Spread is used to refer to the difference between the price that a seller wants someone to pay for a particular stock or share and the price that the buyer is willing to pay. 0
  • verb spread to extend or unfold or be extended or unfolded to the fullest width 0
  • verb spread to extend or cause to extend over a larger expanse of space or time 0
  • verb spread to apply or be applied in a coating 0
  • verb spread to distribute or be distributed over an area or region 0
  • verb spread to display or be displayed in its fullest extent 0
  • verb spread to prepare (a table) for a meal 0
  • verb spread to lay out (a meal) on a table 0
  • verb spread to send or be sent out in all directions; disseminate or be disseminated 0
  • verb spread (of rails, wires, etc) to force or be forced apart 0
  • verb spread to increase the breadth of (a part), esp to flatten the head of a rivet by pressing, hammering, or forging 0
  • verb spread to lay out (hay) in a relatively thin layer to dry 0
  • verb spread to scatter (seed, manure, etc) over a relatively wide area 0
  • verb spread to make (oneself) agreeable to a large number of people, often of the opposite sex 0
  • verb spread to narrow and lengthen the aperture of (the lips) as for the articulation of a front vowel, such as (iː) in English see (siː ) 0
  • noun spread the act or process of spreading; diffusion, dispersal, expansion, etc 0
  • noun spread the wingspan of an aircraft 0
  • noun spread an extent of space or time; stretch 0
  • noun spread a ranch or relatively large tract of land 0
  • noun spread the limit of something fully extended 0
  • noun spread a covering for a table or bed 0
  • noun spread a large meal or feast, esp when it is laid out on a table 0
  • noun spread a food which can be spread on bread, etc 0
  • noun spread two facing pages in a book or other publication 0
  • noun spread a widening of the hips and waist 0
  • noun spread the difference between the bid and offer prices quoted by a market maker 0
  • noun spread the excess of the price at which stock is offered for public sale over the price paid for the same stock by an underwriter 0
  • noun spread a double option 0
  • noun spread the apparent size of a gemstone when viewed from above expressed in carats 0
  • adjective spread extended or stretched out, esp to the fullest extent 0
  • adjective spread (of a gem) shallow and flat 0
  • adjective spread (of the lips) forming a long narrow aperture 0
  • adjective spread (of speech sounds) articulated with spread lips 0
  • verb transitive spread to draw out so as to display more fully; open or stretch out so as to cover more space; unfold or unfurl 0
  • verb transitive spread to lay out in display; exhibit 0
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