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Common
noun
•
The
act
of
spreading
.
•
Something that has been
spread
.
•
In Cartomancy:
A
layout
,
pattern
or
design
of
cards
arranged
for a
reading
.
•
An
expanse
of
land
.
•
A large
tract of land
used to
raise
livestock
; a
cattle
ranch
.
•
A
piece
of
material
used as a
cover
(such as a
bedspread
).
•
A large
meal
,
especially
one
laid out
on a
table
.
•
Any form of food
designed
to be
spread
, such as
butters
or
jams
.
•
Food
improvised
by
inmates
from various
ingredients
to
relieve
the
tedium
of
prison
food.
•
An
item
in a
newspaper
or
magazine
that
occupies
more than one
column
or
page
.
•
Two
facing
pages in
a
book
,
newspaper
etc.
•
A
numerical
difference
.
•
In Business & Economics:
The
difference
between the
wholesale
and
retail
prices
.
•
In Economics, Finance & Trading:
The
difference
between the
price
of a
futures
month
and the
price
of another
month
of the same
commodity
.
•
In Finance & Trading:
The
purchase
of a
futures contract
of one
delivery
month
against the
sale
of another
futures
delivery
month
of the same
commodity
.
•
In Finance & Trading:
The
purchase
of one
delivery
month
of one
commodity
against the
sale
of that same
delivery
month
of a different
commodity
.
•
In Trading:
An
arbitrage
transaction
of the same
commodity
in two
markets
,
executed
to
take advantage of
a
profit
from
price
discrepancies
.
•
In Trading:
The
difference
between
bidding
and
asking price
.
•
In Finance:
The
difference
between the
prices
of two
similar
items
.
•
In Geometry:
An
unlimited
expanse
of
discontinuous
points
.
•
The
surface
in
proportion
to the
depth
of a
cut
gemstone
.
verb
•
To
stretch out
,
open out
(a
material
etc.)
so that
it more
fully
covers
a
given
area
of
space
.
•
To
extend
(individual
rays
,
limbs
etc.); to
stretch out
in
varying
or
opposing
directions
.
•
To
disperse
, to
scatter
or
distribute
over a
given
area
.
•
To
proliferate
; to become more
widely
present
, to be
disseminated
.
•
To
disseminate
; to
cause
to
proliferate
, to make (something)
widely
known or
present
.
•
To
take up
a
larger
area
or
space
; to
expand
, be
extended
.
•
To
smear
, to
distribute
in a
thin
layer
.
•
To
cover
(something) with a
thin
layer
of some
substance
,
as of
butter
.
•
To
prepare
; to set and
furnish
with
provisions
.
•
To
open
one’s
legs
,
especially
for
sexual favours
.
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bed
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cred
bred
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abed
pled
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said
sked
shed
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dead
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rewed
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tread
stead
embed
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instead
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Lineage
spread
English
spreden
Middle English (1100-1500)
sprædan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
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