Spread

English Meaning

To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only; to stretch or expand to a broad or broader surface or extent; to open; to unfurl; as, to spread a carpet; to spread a tent or a sail.

1. To open to a fuller extent or width; stretch: spread out the tablecloth; a bird spreading its wings.
2. To make wider the gap between; move farther apart: spread her fingers.
3. To distribute over a surface in a layer: spread varnish on the steps.
4. To cover with a layer: spread a cracker with butter.
5. To distribute widely: The tornado spread destruction.
6. To make a wide or extensive arrangement of: We spread the bicycle parts out on the floor.
7. To exhibit or display the full extent of: the scene that was spread before us.
8. To cause to become widely seen or known; scatter or disseminate: spread the news; spread the beam of the flashlight.
9. To prepare (a table) for eating; set.
10. To arrange (food or a meal) on a table.
11. To flatten (a rivet end, for example) by pounding.
12. To be extended or enlarged.
13. To become distributed or widely dispersed.
14. To increase in range of occurrence; become known or prevalent over a wide area: The word spread fast.
15. To be exhibited, displayed, or visible in broad or full extent: the vista spread seemingly to infinity.
16. To become or admit of being distributed in a layer.
17. To become separated; be forced farther apart.
18. The act of spreading.
19. Dissemination, as of news; diffusion.
20. An open area of land; an expanse.
21. A ranch, a farm, or an estate.
22. The extent or limit to which something is or can be spread; range.
23. A cloth covering for a bed, table, or other piece of furniture.
24. Informal An abundant meal laid out on a table.
25. A food to be spread on bread or crackers.
26. Two facing pages of a magazine or newspaper, often with related matter extending across the fold.
27. A story or advertisement running across two or more columns of a magazine or newspaper.
28. A difference, as between two figures or totals.
29. A position taken in two or more options or futures contracts in order to profit from a change in their relative prices.
30. The difference between the price asked and bid for a particular security.
31. A number of points offered to equalize the chances of winning in a wager on a competition, usually between sports teams. Also called point spread.
32. Wingspread.
33. spread (oneself) thin To work on too many projects: overextend oneself.