Definitions of spread
noun The act of spreading.
noun Something that has been spread.
noun A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.
noun An expanse of land.
noun A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.
noun A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
noun A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
noun (bread, etc.) Any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams.
noun Food improvised by inmates from various ingredients to relieve the tedium of prison food.
Synonyms: swole
noun An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
noun Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.
noun A numerical difference.
noun The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
noun The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
noun The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.
noun The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.
noun An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.
noun The difference between bidding and asking price.
noun The difference between the prices of two similar items.
noun An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
noun 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.
Example: He spread his newspaper on the table.
verb To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions.
Example: I spread my arms wide and welcomed him home.
verb To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
Example: I spread the rice grains evenly over the floor.
verb To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
verb To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.
Example: The missionaries quickly spread their new message across the country.
verb To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.
Example: I dropped my glass; the water spread quickly over the tiled floor.
verb To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.
Example: She liked to spread butter on her toast while it was still hot.
verb To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.
Example: He always spreads his toast with peanut butter and strawberry jam.
verb To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
Example: to spread a table
verb To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.
Because it is a word with a single syllable, spread is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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