spread in English

noun

1

the fact or process of spreading over an area.

the spread of AIDS

synonyms: expansion, proliferation, extension, growth, dissemination, diffusion, transmission, propagation

2

the extent, width, or area covered by something.

the male's antlers can attain a spread of six feet

synonyms: span, width, extent, stretch, reach

3

the range or variety of something.

a wide spread of ages

synonyms: range, span, spectrum, sweep, variety

4

a soft paste that can be applied in a layer to bread or other food.

Several others are use patents for direct incorporation into human foods as ingredients or spreads .

5

an article or advertisement covering several columns or pages of a newspaper or magazine, especially one on two facing pages.

a double-page spread

6

a large and impressively elaborate meal.

Fiftyish, 350-pound art dealers in suits ‘eat’ huge banquet spreads , gorging themselves with the sloppy abandon of famished Vikings, only to discover the food is merely a hallucination.

synonyms: large/elaborate meal, feast, banquet, blowout, nosh

verb

1

open out (something) so as to extend its surface area, width, or length.

I spread a towel on the sand and sat down

synonyms: lay out, open out, unfurl, unroll, roll out, straighten out, fan out, stretch out, extend, outspread

2

extend over a large or increasing area.

she stood at the window looking at the town spread out below

3

apply (a substance) to an object or surface in an even layer.

he sighed, spreading jam on a croissant

synonyms: smear, daub, plaster, slather, lather, apply, put, smooth, rub

4

lay (a table) for a meal.

On November 25, 2003, we sat down with family and friends around a table spread with food we grew and said thanks.

noun

expansion, proliferation, extension, growth, dissemination, diffusion, transmission, propagation
span, width, extent, stretch, reach
expanse, area, sweep, stretch
range, span, spectrum, sweep, variety
large/elaborate meal, feast, banquet, blowout, nosh
cattle ranch, ranch, cattle farm
paste
gap
feast, banquet
scatter
bedspread, bed cover, bedcover, bed covering, counterpane
spreading

verb

lay out, extend, scatter, disseminate, smear, cover, open, propagate, circulate, distribute, overspread, diffuse
lay out, open out, unfurl, unroll, roll out, straighten out, fan out, stretch out, extend, outspread
extend, stretch (out), open out, be displayed, be exhibited, be on show, sprawl (out)
scatter, strew, disperse, distribute
disseminate, circulate, pass on, put about, communicate, diffuse, make public, make known, purvey, broadcast, publicize, propagate, promulgate, repeat, bruit about/abroad
smear, daub, plaster, slather, lather, apply, put, smooth, rub
cover, coat, layer, daub, smother
open, unfold, spread out
propagate
scatter, spread out
circulate, go around
distribute
overspread
diffuse, spread out, fan out
diffuse, disperse, propagate, broadcast, circulate, disseminate, pass around, circularize, distribute, circularise

adjective

dispersed, outspread
dispersed
outspread

Use "spread" in a sentence

1. Bull Put Spread vs Bull Call Spread

2. 3 words related to Circumfuse: spread out, scatter, spread

3. 3 words related to Circumfuse: spread out, scatter, spread

4. Chestnut spread.

5. Spread out!

6. Once Breadsticks are baked, generously spread with the butter spread.

7. Activista LIBERIA GEARED TO END THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 SPREAD

8. Spread your legs.

9. No great spread.

10. Spread them, pops!

11. Dissatisfaction soon spread.

12. Spread the word!

13. Spread your wings.

14. It will spread, Albus.

15. The sickness spread rapidly.

16. Crofters Organic Strawberry Fruit Spread, 10 OZ Crofters Fruit Spread - Organic - Premium - Raspberry - 16.5 Oz Crofters Organic Concord Grape Premium Spread, 16.5 oz

17. Apostasy spread like gangrene.

18. It can't be spread.

19. Jehovah’s word we spread.

20. Our Family Spread Abroad

21. Centerfold definition, center spread

22. Spread-spectrum clock generator

23. Let its fragrance spread.”

24. Early Spread of Light

25. Spread the butter thinly.

26. The other major difference between the two is that the Bull put spread is a credit spread (we receive option premium) whereas the Bull call spread is a debit spread (we pay option premium).

27. But if I'm being honest, it also spread because I fought to spread it.

28. If disease is allowed to spread among the crops, it will cause wide spread devastation.

29. 11 Cancerous glial tumors generally spread in the brain the way roots spread a plant.

30. Economic shock waves spread rapidly.

31. Spread my wings and fly.

32. The bird spread its wings.

33. Stomach cancer, and it's spread.

34. Viral outbreak spread like wildfire

35. Cholera is spread by Contagion.

36. Concubinage and prostitution spread everywhere.

37. But it could spread everywhere.

38. Colds are spread by germs.

39. Full phaser spread, zero elevation!

40. Oh, there's a spread, huh?

41. It's time to spread fertilizer.

42. Backyard chickens risk pAthogen spread

43. Burundi: Abductions, Killings, Spread Fear

44. B13 The Spread of Christianity

45. Let's spread out the futon.

46. Such unhygienic practices spread disease.

47. While some species spread vigorously through seeds or Bulbils, many varieties do not spread at all

48. Synonyms for Contagiousness include contagiosity, communicability, infection, spread, reproduction number, rate of spread, R0 and epidemic

49. 12 Cancerous glial tumors generally spread in the brain the way roots spread from a plant.

50. Furthermore, the average absolute spread over time is close to the absolute spread found in the IP.