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SPREAD definition: 1. to cover or reach a wider or increasing area, or to make something do this: 2. to affect more…. Learn more.
1. a. : to open or expand over a larger area. spread out the map. b. : to stretch out : extend. spread its wings for flight. 2. a. : to distribute over an area. spread fertilizer. b. : to distribute over a period or among a group. spread the work over a few weeks. c. : to apply on a surface. spread butter on bread.
Spread definition: to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).. See examples of SPREAD used in a sentence.
If something spreads or is spread by people, it gradually reaches or affects a larger and larger area or more and more people. The industrial revolution which started a couple of hundred years ago in Europe is now spreading across the world.
SPREAD definition: 1. to arrange something so that it covers a large area: 2. to arrange for something to happen over…. Learn more.
Definition of spread verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
[intransitive, transitive] to affect or make something affect, be known by, or used by more and more people (+ adv./prep.) The disease spreads easily. Within weeks, his confidence had spread throughout the team.
[uncountable] an increase in the amount or number of something that there is, or in the area that is affected by something. measures to halt the spread of the disease. to prevent/stop the spread of something. One disadvantage is the company's lack of geographical spread.
When something is spread, it's stretched or extended as far as it can go. It's a beautiful sight to see a bald eagle spread its wings and fly. When you spread a picnic blanket on the ground, you open it and stretch it across the grass.
To move apart (the fingers, arms, legs, wings, etc.) Webster's New World. To be made widely or more widely known, felt, existent, etc.; be disseminated, propagated, or diffused. Webster's New World. To lay out in display; exhibit. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
