spread
verb
[ sprɛd ]
• open out (something) so as to extend its surface area, width, or length.
• "I spread a towel on the sand and sat down"
Similar:
lay out,
open out,
unfurl,
unroll,
roll out,
shake out,
straighten out,
fan out,
stretch out,
extend,
outspread,
Opposite:
fold up,
• extend over a large or increasing area.
• "rain over north-west Scotland will spread south-east during the day"
Similar:
grow,
increase,
escalate,
advance,
develop,
broaden,
expand,
widen,
proliferate,
mushroom,
metastasize,
• apply (a substance) to an object or surface in an even layer.
• "he sighed, spreading jam on a croissant"
• lay (a table) for a meal.
spread
noun
• the fact or process of spreading over an area.
• "warmer temperatures could help reduce the spread of the disease"
Similar:
expansion,
proliferation,
extension,
growth,
mushrooming,
increase,
escalation,
buildout,
advance,
advancement,
development,
dissemination,
diffusion,
transmission,
propagation,
• the extent, width, or area covered by something.
• "the male's antlers can attain a spread of six feet"
• the range or variety of something.
• "a wide spread of ages"
• a soft paste that can be applied in a layer to bread or other food.
• "low-fat spreads"
• an article or advertisement covering several columns or pages of a newspaper or magazine, especially one on two facing pages.
• "a double-page spread"
• a large and impressively elaborate meal.
• "his mother laid on a huge spread"
• a bedspread.
• "a patchwork spread"
Origin:
Old English -sprǣdan (used in combinations), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch spreiden and German spreiten .
