to dispread
- verb
- /dɪˈsprɛd/
- Archaic
:
extenderse
- As the sun rose, the warm light dispread across the landscape, illuminating the hills.
Examples
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Trees dispread their branches in all directions.
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The flowers dispread across the field.
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A sense of calm dispread through the quiet hall.
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The branches dispread above us, creating a canopy of leaves.
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The golden light dispread across the evening sky.
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The branches dispread across the garden, offering shade to anyone sitting underneath.
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The flowers dispread their vibrant petals, attracting bees and butterflies from afar.
Synonyms
664
1.6
To put a thin layer over a surface
104
4.4
To cause people and things, like a crowd or fog, to spread over a wide area
89
2.8
To move apart and cover a wider area
40
5.5
To spread out and reach many people or places
30
3.7
To spread out from one point in different directions
27
4.6
To spread out over a large area in an untidy way
26
4.4
Spreading out over a large area in an untidy way like a city or tree branches
15
4.1
To become wider at one end or edge
13
6.7
To turn something outward, especially fingers or toes
1
3.8
To become wider at one end like a dress or vase
1
3.9
Spreading slowly from one place to another, like light or a smell
To spread apart from a common point like fingers or branches
Antonyms
How Wide
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dispread starts with dis-, which means 'apart' or 'away', and ends with the everyday word spread, which means 'to stretch out'. So dispread is like 'spread apart' or 'spread away', which explains why it means to spread out or extend widely in different directions.