spread

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/spɹɛd/

verb 6noun 6

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

good, great, wide | rapid | gradual, slow

geographical, global

The company's stores now have a global spread across five continents.

VERB + SPREAD

encourage

Poor hygiene in the kitchen encourages the spread of bacteria to other foods.

halt, prevent, stop | control, limit, reduce

PREP

~ of

The government is trying to control the spread of the disease in the city.

(verb.) open sth so that you can see all of it

ADV

carefully

out

The children spread their toys out across the living room floor.

PREP

across, on, over

PHRASES

spread sth open

She spread the map open on the table to find the hiking route.

(verb.) reach more people/wider area

ADV

fast, like wildfire, quickly, rapidly, soon

The virus spread rapidly through the city during the winter months.

gradually, slowly

easily

The butter spreads easily on warm toast because it softens in the heat.

widely

The news of the celebrity's retirement spread widely across social media within hours.

far and wide

The news about the free concert spread far and wide across the city.

geographically

The company's offices are spread geographically across North America and Europe.

outwards

PREP

across, among, around/round, beyond, from, into, over, through, throughout, to

The news about the concert spread quickly through the entire school by lunchtime.

PHRASES

thinly spread

The medical staff at the rural hospital were thinly spread during the emergency.

(verb.) cover a surface with a soft substance

ADV

generously, liberally, thickly | lightly, thinly

evenly

The paint spreads evenly across the wall when you use a proper roller.

PREP

The teacher spread the colorful posters on the classroom walls for the students to see.

with

The baker spread the warm bread with jam and cream for the dessert table.

(verb.) divide/share sth

ADV

equally, evenly, uniformly | unevenly

VERB + SPREAD

try to

PREP

among, between

The teacher divided the assignments among all the students in the class.

over

The festival events are spread over the entire month of June.

Definitions

verb

To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.

He spread his newspaper on the table.

To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. simple past and past participle of spread

I spread my arms wide and welcomed him home.

To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.

I spread the rice grains evenly over the floor.

To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.

Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.

As the Erzurum affair indicated, the janissaries in the provinces and in the capital city were in close touch, and thus the movements were quick to spread to Istanbul.

To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.

The missionaries quickly spread their new message across the country.

noun

The act of spreading.

No flower hath that kind of spread that the woodbine hath.

Something that has been spread.

A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.

An expanse of land.

November 29, 1712, Andrew Freeport, a letter to The Spectator I have got a fine spread of improvable lands.

A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.

- Can't wait till I get my own spread and won't have to put up with Joe Aguirre's crap no more.

verb

To speedread; to recite one's arguments at an extremely fast pace.

You're assuming that if someone spreads they aren't a good orator. That's flawed logic.

In my first year on the circuit, I learned to spread and did decently well. I won most of my rounds, not that I could tell you how I did it.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or t

spreading

noun — decorative cover for a bed

bedspread
bedcover
counterpane

noun — farm consisting of a large tract of land along with faciliti

ranch

noun — a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures

noun — a haphazard distribution in all directions

scatter

noun — two facing pages of a book or other publication

spreadhead

noun — process or result of distributing or extending over a wide e

spreading

noun — a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed

noun — a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in

paste

verb — cause to become widely known

verb — become widely known and passed on

circulate

verb — distribute or disperse widely

distribute

verb — become distributed or widespread

propagate

verb — spread out or open from a closed or folded state

verb — move outward

diffuse

verb — strew or distribute over an area

scatter

verb — spread across or over

overspread

adjective — distributed or spread over a considerable extent

dispersed

adjective — fully extended in width

outspread

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

spark spread

The difference between the cost of the fuel required to produce a unit of electricity, and the price of that same unit of electricity.

spread out

Become further apart.

The police spread out to search a wider area.

spread oneself thin

To commit oneself to too many projects, so that there is little chance of completing them all satisfactorily.

spread the word

To tell a lot of people; to inform as many people as one can.

A famous example of viral marketing is the rapid spread of Hotmail as a free email service. Attached to each email was a short advertisement and Hotmail's URL, and customers spread

spread one's wings

To experiment in life; to find out what one is capable of; to try new things or activities.

By this time, largely inspired by The Railway Magazine, I had begun to spread my wings, and had started on a long career of railway exploration.

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He spread his newspaper on the table.

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I spread my arms wide and welcomed him home.

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I spread the rice grains evenly over the floor.

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No flower hath that kind of spread that the woodbine hath.

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November 29, 1712, Andrew Freeport, a letter to The Spectator I have got a fine spread of improvable lands.

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- Can't wait till I get my own spread and won't have to put up with Joe Aguirre's crap no more.

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