All spread synonyms
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S s verb spread
- branch off β A road or path that branches off from another one starts from it and goes in a slightly different direction. If you branch off somewhere, you change the direction in which you are going.
- diverge β to move, lie, or extend in different directions from a common point; branch off.
- disseminate β to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine.
- branch out β If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.
- lie β Jonas, 1880β1940, U.S. painter, born in Norway.
- deal in β to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.
- excurse β To journey or pass through.
- feel for β to perceive or examine by touch.
- catch on β If you catch on to something, you understand it, or realize that it is happening.
- expand β explain
- fatten β to make fat.
- daub β When you daub a substance such as mud or paint on something, you spread it on that thing in a rough or careless way.
- knock around β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- circumambulated β Simple past tense and past participle of circumambulate.
- binging β a period or bout, usually brief, of excessive indulgence, as in eating, drinking alcoholic beverages, etc.; spree.
- cast β The cast of a play or film is all the people who act in it.
- glued β Simple past tense and past participle of glue.
- mantling β a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- go to β functioning properly and ready: two minutes before the satellite is to be launched and all systems are go.
- detail β The details of something are its individual features or elements.
- measure out β a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- go up β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- cuing β a long, tapering rod, tipped with a soft leather pad, used to strike the ball in billiards, pool, etc.
- blathering β foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- drowsing β Present participle of drowse.
noun spread
- headroom β Nautical. the clear space between two decks.
- munchies β crunchy or chewy. Informal. for snacking: munchy foods like popcorn and cookies.
- writeup β Alternative spelling of write-up.
- antipasti β a course of appetizers consisting of an assortment of foods, as olives, anchovies, sliced sausage, peppers, and artichoke hearts.
- margarine β a butterlike product made of refined vegetable oils, sometimes blended with animal fats, and emulsified, usually with water or milk.
- masthead β Also called flag. a statement printed in all issues of a newspaper, magazine, or the like, usually on the editorial page, giving the publication's name, the names of the owner and staff, etc.
- incursion β a hostile entrance into or invasion of a place or territory, especially a sudden one; raid: The bandits made brief incursions on the village.
- dissemination β the act of disseminating, or spreading widely: The Internet allows for the rapid dissemination of information.
- antipasto β Antipasto is the sort of food that is often served at the beginning of an Italian meal, for example cold meats and vegetables in olive oil.
- feast β any rich or abundant meal: The steak dinner was a feast.
- inclusiveness β including or encompassing the stated limit or extremes in consideration or account (usually used postpositively): from 6 to 37 inclusive.
- ladder β a structure of wood, metal, or rope, commonly consisting of two sidepieces between which a series of bars or rungs are set at suitable distances, forming a means of climbing up or down.
- carryout β designating or of prepared food sold as by a restaurant to be eaten away from the premises
- munchy β crunchy or chewy. Informal. for snacking: munchy foods like popcorn and cookies.
- fig leaf β the leaf of a fig tree.
- meal β a coarse, unsifted powder ground from the edible seeds of any grain: wheat meal; cornmeal.
- arrayal β the act or process of arraying
- collation β the act or process of collating
- expo β A large exhibition.
- frame-up β a fraudulent incrimination of an innocent person.
- ontogenesis β the development or developmental history of an individual organism.
- appetiser β Alternative spelling of appetizer.
adjective spread
- overestimated β Simple past tense and past participle of overestimate.
- dispersed β Simple past tense and past participle of disperse.
- dotted β marked with a dot or dots.