All spread synonyms
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S s verb spread
- cabling β Cabling is used to refer to electrical or electronic cables, or to the process of putting them in a place.
- air-condition β to apply air conditioning to
- dissipate β to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
- cubed β cut into cubes
- circumambulate β to walk around (something)
- crusted β If something is crusted with a substance, it is covered with a hard or thick layer of that substance.
- air-cool β to cool (an engine) by a flow of air
- mushroomed β Simple past tense and past participle of mushroom.
- craning β any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- globetrotting β to travel throughout the world, especially regularly or frequently.
- add up β If facts or events do not add up, they make you confused about a situation because they do not seem to be consistent. If something that someone has said or done adds up, it is reasonable and sensible.
- notify β to inform (someone) or give notice to: to notify the police of a crime.
- mushroom β any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- enamelling β (British) present participle of enamel.
- gapping β a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach: We found a gap in the enemy's line of fortifications.
- bespatter β to splash all over, as with dirty water
- communicate β to impart (knowledge) or exchange (thoughts, feelings, or ideas) by speech, writing, gestures, etc
- badmouthed β Simple past tense and past participle of badmouth.
- aired β a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- dishing β an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- cubing β a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
- let in on β to allow or permit: to let him escape.
- interface β a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
- fattened β Simple past tense and past participle of fatten fatted.
- divaricated β Spread-out, divergent, especially of a branch etc. which is at nearly ninety degrees to the main stem.
- get to β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- headlining β a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.
- grow β to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- hands on β of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
- get hold of β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- go around β an act or instance of going around something, as a circle, course, or traffic pattern, and returning to the starting point.
noun spread
- markup β Commerce. the amount added by a seller to the cost of a commodity to cover expenses and profit in fixing the selling price. the difference between the cost price and the selling price, computed as a percentage of either the selling price or the cost price. an increase in price, as of a commodity. the amount by which a price is increased.
- counterpane β A counterpane is a decorative cover on a bed.
- carpet β A carpet is a thick covering of soft material which is laid over a floor or a staircase.
- jollification β jolly merrymaking; jolly festivity.
- calibration β to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- epidemic β A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
- gross profit β gross receipts less the cost of goods or production but before the deduction of such other costs as rent or salaries.
- bedspread β A bedspread is a decorative cover which is put over a bed, on top of the sheets and blankets.
- ink β a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- article β An article is a piece of writing that is published in a newspaper or magazine.
- dissipation β the act of dissipating.
- marmalade β a jellylike preserve in which small pieces of fruit and fruit rind, as of oranges or lemons, are suspended.
- homestead β a town in S Florida.
- banquet β A banquet is a grand formal dinner.
- extensity β (uncountable) The state of being extensive or of having extension.
- for show β in order to impress, for display only
- coverlet β A coverlet is the same as a bedspread.
- intensification β to make intense or more intense.