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- DictionarySpread/spred/
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"
- 2. extend over a large or increasing area: "she stood at the window looking at the town spread out below"
noun
- 1. the fact or process of spreading over an area: "warmer temperatures could help reduce the spread of the disease"
- 2. the extent, width, or area covered by something: "the male's antlers can attain a spread of six feet"
to affect more and more places, people, or things, or to make something do this: Discontent among junior ranks was rapidly spreading. If disease is allowed to spread, it will cause widespread devastation. The virus is spread through contact with blood and other body fluids.
The meaning of SPREAD is to open or expand over a larger area. How to use spread in a sentence.
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.
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.
SPREAD definition: 1. to arrange something so that it covers a large area: 2. to arrange for something to happen over…. Learn more.
A spread is two pages of a book, magazine, or newspaper that are opposite each other when you open it at a particular place. There was a double-page spread of a dinner for 46 people.
Definition of spread verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
