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spread English

Meaning spread meaning

What does spread mean?
Definitions in simple English

spread Verb

— If you spread something, you make it cover a larger area. I spread butter on my bread. They are spreading their religion to new countries. — If something spreads, the area it covers gets larger. The spilled water spread over the table. The disease spread through the whole city. — If you spread two or more things, you move them away from each other. She spread her arms as wide as she could. My brothers and sisters spread to different places, all over the country, after we grew up.

spread Noun

— A spread is a piece of cloth you put over furniture. For one, a "bed spread". — A spread is a large amount of something spread in front of you. This is most often food of many types. — A spread is a large plot of land used for farming or ranching.

spread

— verb (= distribute) distribute or disperse widely The invaders spread their language all over the country — verb become distributed or widespread the infection spread Optimism spread among the population — verb spread across or over A big oil spot spread across the water — verb (= spread out, open) spread out or open from a closed or folded state open the map spread your arms — verb (= circulate, broadcast) cause to become widely known spread information circulate a rumor broadcast the news — verb (= go around) become widely known and passed on the rumor spread the story went around in the office — adjective (= dispersed) distributed or spread over a considerable extent has ties with many widely dispersed friends eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe — verb (= scatter) strew or distribute over an area He spread fertilizer over the lawn scatter cards across the table — noun process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space — noun (= gap) a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures gap between income and outgo the spread between lending and borrowing costs — verb (= fan out) move outward The soldiers fanned out — noun (= ranch) farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle) — adjective prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out a table spread with food — adjective (= outspread) fully extended in width outspread wings with arms spread wide — noun (= scatter) a haphazard distribution in all directions — noun the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age) she exercised to avoid that middle-aged spread — noun a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes — noun (= facing pages) two facing pages of a book or other publication — noun act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time — verb distribute over a surface in a layer spread cheese on a piece of bread — verb cover by spreading something over spread the bread with cheese — noun (= banquet, feast) a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed a banquet for the graduating seniors the Thanksgiving feast they put out quite a spread — noun (= bedspread) decorative cover for a bed

Synonyms spread synonyms

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spread English » English

extend scatter stretch expand diffuse disseminate spread out propagate disperse smear circulate unfold spreading open propagation distribute apply increase broadcast strew sprinkle diffusion extended expansion reach extension cast widen scattered grow sow separate pervade overspread lay out cover run paint expanse diffused unroll paste go around stretch out lay emit distribution branch out bedspread stretching

Topics spread topics

What do people use spread to talk about?
Universe, creation Plant

Growth of plants
Universe, creation World Solid, liquid, gas

Gas
Universe, creation Water Movement of water

Flow
Person Healthy

Disease
Person Healthy Disease

Skin disease
Physical actions Posture

Move a part of the body
Physical actions Move something

Cover
Physical actions Move something Cover

Spread, smear
Physical actions Arrange Gather

Separate, scatter
Physical actions Arrange Put

Load, pile
States

Big
States Big

Big area
States Big

Distance
Language and thought Communication Say Criticize

Gossip
Person Healthy

Cause of disease
Physical actions Posture

Lie down
Physical actions Arrange

Multiple things moving
States Big Thick

Fat person
States Quality Shape Straight

Flat

Conjugation spread conjugation

How do you conjugate spread?

spread · verb

Examples spread examples

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Simple sentences

The fire spread and licked the neighboring house.
Spread your wings and fly away.
Tom spread the towel out on the ground.
We spread out the tablecloth on the grass by the river.
The fire threatens to spread out.
Spread positive ideas.
A small forest fire can easily spread and quickly become a great conflagration.
The fire had spread to the next building before the firemen came.
Fanned by the strong wind, the flames spread in all directions.
The fire spread throughout the house.
A fire can spread faster than you can run.
Scientists are fighting to stem the spread of the AIDS virus.
English has spread all over the country.
When Mary saw him, a look of surprise spread across her face.
Ben spread a rumor about me out of malice.
Pan is a monkey that can spread butter on bread.
The news report spread all over the country.
The bird spread its wings.
The cancer has spread to her stomach.
Mary spread the big map on the table.
The news quickly spread.
The rumour has already spread.
The news spread all over Japan.
The news spread little by little.
The news spread fast.
The news spread like wildfire.

Movie subtitles

The virus does not spread well.
Without any proper sewage system, medieval London stank to high heaven, whereas human excrement was routinely collected in Chinese cities and spread on outlying fields.
King manuel's orders to Vasco da Gama tell us something very important about the overseas spread of Western civilization.
The rise of the clock, and later the portable watch, went hand in hand with the rise of Europe and the spread of Western civilization.
You have been training for two years and you are now ready to go out and spread the Word.
Spread out!
Strange news spread through the population rapidly.
The news that the sharing out of the loot was going to take place in the empty house spread quickly among the gangsters.
It spread like a scourge through the ship.
Be it hereby decreed that the municipal authorities forbid the citizenry to transport the suspected plague-stricken to the hospital, as this shall only spread the plague through the streets of our town.
The rumor of Vandeuvres's suicide has spread throughout Paris.
The Rock of Mauprat spread terror for 20 leagues around.
The seaweed should be spread and partly dried in the sun before being burned.
A red mist spread over the lawn and came towards me like a raging fire.
Engineers, polytechnicians and bankers, we'll spread our message around the world.
Don't stay there. You have plenty of room. Spread it out!
Listen and spread the word!
I would not spread that around.
The contamination will spread in an explosive fashion from person to person.
I want to spread myself out beneath your feet.
A mist spread over the sea.
A rumour spread from the pier.
A red mist spread over the lawn, coming on like a flame of fire.
Spread your legs!
Why did you tell me to spread my legs?
Spread it all over the place!
Spread out in a line.
News of the fire spread through town.
The news of the accident had spread throughout the district.
The alarm spread.the jungle flared with fires lighted to drive off the natives black fear.
I'd have to grill them and spread them on some bread.
Having collected their leaves the villagers return home. They spread out the contents of their sacks indoors.
Spread it all over!
Spread out and find them.
He's the one who spread out some tong differences to include a bank stick-up.
The one girl that we should handle with kid gloves. and you spread her name over the front page!

News and current affairs

This stance, however, has not prevented the spread of something for which a German word is used in other languages, too: Angst.
As events in Pakistan illustrate, the spread of nuclear technology does not extend the stability that comes with mutual deterrence.
Yet, in America and most of the world, drug prices are still exorbitant and the spread of knowledge is tightly limited.
Or they worry that the bulbs can spread poisonous mercury if they break.
Unemployment, and fear that it will spread, drives down wages, incomes, and consumption - and thus total demand.
And the crisis itself almost surely will spread.
But this excess growth has not been evenly spread.
These recovery phases enable adaptations to higher temperatures to spread.
But what if the EFSF were to mimic Banco del Pacífico in a transparent way, say, by setting a threshold spread level above which it would fund buy-backs of any Greek bond in the market?
Naturally, the spread would automatically converge to the threshold, but how much would be sold?
If the threshold spread is set reasonably high in order to achieve a significant discount, the stock of debt retired by the buyback would be marginal.
The spread of conflict throughout the Middle East is currently precipitated more by the rise of religious sectarianism than by American interventionism.
President Bush has pushed stopping the spread of nuclear weapons to the top of the international agenda.
What started as a problem with sub-prime mortgages has now spread to houses more generally, as well as to other asset classes.
Second, whereas democracy and market capitalism appeared as clear - if more fragile than expected - winners in 1989, it is difficult in 2009, with the spread of the global crisis, to distinguish winners from losers.
It had no choice: with financial turmoil threatening to spread from small countries like Greece and Ireland to large ones like Italy and Spain, the euro's very survival was in growing jeopardy.
But, regardless of whether the nuclear issue is resolved, the spread of market forces in North Korea will continue to change every aspect of life there in the coming years.
Changing weather patterns are already affecting the lives of millions of Africans by reducing food security, facilitating the spread of diseases like malaria, and prompting mass migration.
The only purpose of the League of Democracies seems to be to legitimize war-making by democracies - in order to spread democracy!
Around the world, government-run agricultural banks in poor countries once not only financed inputs, but also provided agricultural advice and spread new seed technologies.

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