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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.
SPREAD definition: 1. to arrange something so that it covers a large area: 2. to arrange for something to happen over…. 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.
[intransitive, transitive] to cover, or to make something cover, a larger and larger area. There is no evidence that the cancer has spread. + adv./prep. The fire rapidly spread to adjoining buildings. Water began to spread across the floor. A smile spread slowly across her face. Allow plenty of space for this plant as its roots spread widely.
1. verb. If you spread something somewhere, you open it out or arrange it over a place or surface, so that all of it can be seen or used easily. She spread a towel on the sand and lay on it. [VERB noun preposition] His coat was spread over the bed. [VERB noun preposition] Synonyms: open (out), extend, stretch, unfold More Synonyms of spread.
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.
verb. /sprɛd/ Verb Forms. open/arrange. [transitive] spread something (out) (on/over something) to open something that has been folded so that it covers a larger area than before to spread a cloth on a table Sue spread the map out on the floor. The bird spread its wings. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
Synonyms for SPREAD: disseminate, propagate, circulate, broadcast, transmit, impart, dispense, diffuse; Antonyms of SPREAD: hold (in), hide, conceal, obscure, veil, secrete, mask, contain.
[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.
SPREAD meaning: 1. to cover or reach a wider or increasing area, or to make something do this: 2. to affect more…. Learn more.
