Spread Meaning and Definition


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What is the definition Spread? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Synonyms, Words ending with Spread, Antonyms, Related sentences, Derivations, How to pronounce? Words starting with Spread, Example sentences and more...

Spread meaning

Word: Spread

How to pronounce: spred

Verb

Definitions:

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

Example sentences: "I spread a towel on the sand and sat down"

2. Extend over a large or increasing area.

Example sentences: "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.

Example sentences: "He sighed, spreading jam on a croissant"

4. Lay (a table) for a meal.

Noun

Definitions:

1. The fact or process of spreading over an area.

Example sentences: "Warmer temperatures could help reduce the spread of the disease"

2. The extent, width, or area covered by something.

Example sentences: "The male's antlers can attain a spread of six feet"

3. The range or variety of something.

Example sentences: "A wide spread of ages"

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

Example sentences: "Low-fat spreads"

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

Example sentences: "A double-page spread"

6. A large and impressively elaborate meal.

7. A bedspread.

Example sentences: "A patchwork spread"


Synonyms:

dissemination

distributing

propagation

distribute

disseminate

circulate

lay

impart

give

divide

paste

transmit

convey

transfuse

extend

stretch

unfold

expand

enlarge

branch out

rise

unfurl

reach

increase

open

creep away

propagate

proliferate

spill over

overspread

outspread

spred

scatter

disperse

diffuse

diverge

double page

smear

expansion

length

coverlet

bedspread

counterpane

bedcover

extent

range

scale

break

transfer

broadcast

separate

gap

part

flare

spacing

dispersed

ranch

out

straddle


Antonyms:

place

store

spot


Derivations:

spreading

spreader


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Spread in Other Languages...

Spanish: Extender

German: Verbreiten

French: Propager

Italian: Diffusione

Turkish: Yayılma


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