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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"
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.
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.
to overlay or cover with something: She spread the blanket over her knees. to set or prepare (a table), as for a meal. to extend or distribute over a region, place, period of time, among a group, etc. to send out, scatter, or shed in various directions, as sound, light, etc. Synonyms: radiate, diffuse, emit.
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. ( sprɛd) vb, spreads, spreading or spread. 1. to extend or unfold or be extended or unfolded to the fullest width: she spread the map on the table. 2. to extend or cause to extend over a larger expanse of space or time: the milk spread all over the floor; the political unrest spread over several years.
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] Spread out means the same as spread.
Definition of spread verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of 'spread' 1. 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. [...] 2. If you spread your arms, hands, fingers, or legs, you stretch them out until they are far apart. [...] 3.
to arrange for something to happen over a period of time and not at once: The payments will be spread over two years. spread verb (INCREASE) B2. to increase, or move to cover a larger area or affect a larger number of people: The smoke soon spread into all the rooms in the house. The virus is spread by rats. spread verb (SURFACE)
To draw out so as to display more fully; open or stretch out so as to cover more space; unfold or unfurl. To be pushed apart or farther apart. To be made widely or more widely known, felt, existent, etc.; be disseminated, propagated, or diffused. To lay out in display; exhibit.
