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spread
Verb
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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.
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If something spreads, the area it covers gets larger.
The spilled water spread over the table.
The disease spread through the whole city.
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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
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A spread is a piece of cloth you put over furniture. For one, a "bed spread".
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A spread is a large amount of something spread in front of you. This is most often food of many types.
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A spread is a large plot of land used for farming or ranching.
spectrum
Noun
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A range.
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The pattern of absorption or emission of radiation that is made by a substance when it is put in contact with an energy such as radiation, heat, electricity, etc.