spreading
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Definitions ofspreading
- 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."
- To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions.
Example: "I spread my arms wide and welcomed him home."
- To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
Example: "I spread the rice grains evenly over the floor."
- To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
- To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.
Example: "The missionaries quickly spread their new message across the country."
- 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."
- To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.
Example: "She liked to spread butter on her toast while it was still hot."
- 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."
- To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
Example: "to spread a table"
- To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.
- The act by which something is spread.
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