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Meaning
Verb
●
In Bedding:
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.
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.
●
In Military:
A set of
multiple
torpedoes
launched
on
side-by-side
, slowly-diverging
paths
toward one or more
enemy
ships.
●
In Food and drink:
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.
●
In Writing:
Excessive
width
of the
trails
of
ink
written
on
overly
absorbent
paper.
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Origin
spread
English
spreden
Middle English (1100-1500)
sprædan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Disseminate
Circulate
Propagate
Diffuse
Swole
Straddle
Proliferated
Expand
Put About
Related
Stretched
Distributed
Dispersed
Fanned
Scattered
Disseminated
Propagated
Scatter
Dispersion
Diffused
Carried
Expansion
Propagation
Dissemination
Diffusion
Dispersal
Distribution
Proliferation
Prevalence
Disperse
Transfer
Transmit
Transmission
Circulated
Transmitted
Outbreak
Extended
Emergence
Growth
Rise
Churn
Broadcast
Extend
Distribute
Penetration
Reach
Expanded
Move
Thinned
Movement
Transferred
Split
Run
Presence
Stretch
Swept
Cut
Burn
Invasion
Evolution
Spaced
Development
Divide
Flow
Concentrated
Progression
Moved
Range
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Rhymes
Z
Ed
Led
Ned
Wed
Med
Fed
Bed
Med
Ted
Ked
Dmz
Red
Fed
Zed
Ted
Head
Fled
Read
Bled
Cred
Bred
Fred
Abed
Pled
Tedd
Said
Sked
Shed
Sped
Dead
Sled
Rewed
Ahead
Unwed
Faned
Bread
Dread
Shred
Tread
Stead
Embed
Spread
Undead
Inbred
Reread
Behead
Resaid
Unread
Thread
Unsaid
Instead
Aspread
Bestead
Retread
Misread
Overhead
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