spread
12
5.2
- noun
- /sprɛd/
- US
:
rancho
- How far from here to the Bronson spread?
Examples
-
This here's the back way over to my spread.
-
This farmer, he had a big spread... and a lot of money.
-
What brings you out to the old spread?
-
All I ever wanted was to live out there like he did, work my own spread.
-
I wanna move up to Nashua, get a nice little spread, get some sheep and tend to them.
-
The larger of these, a 30-acre spread, came to be known as the Sheep Meadow.
Academic text (2011) -
Combined, the Bar M and K.C. ranches formed one of the biggest spreads in Texas.
Fiction book (1998) -
Nathan Arkwright's home was located just outside Lenox on a twenty-acre spread at the foot of the mountains.
-
Bruce and his wife Gretchen abandoned suburban Chicago for a 35-acre spread in Montana's spectacular Madison Valley.
-
I wanna move up to Nashua, get a nice little spread, get some sheep and tend to them.
Synonyms
303
1.9
A large farm where people raise cattle or horses
69
3.5
A large open area of grass where animals graze
50
1.7
Land where people grow crops or raise animals
25
5.6
A large area of land not divided into smaller parts
20
4.0
A piece of land usually measured in acres and used for farming or building
7
2.8
A large farm where people raise many cows on wide land
6
4.1
A large area of land used for a certain purpose
5
2.7
A piece of land used for a specific purpose like building or farming
2
3.5
Land used for keeping animals like cows and horses
2
6.6
Land with natural plants where animals like cattle graze
2
3.7
Land covered with grass where cows or sheep eat
2
2.6
Land with grass where farm animals eat
1
1.6
A farm where cows are raised for meat, milk or other products
Land prepared by farmers for growing crops
A large area of land treated as one unit
Idioms
- Offensive
To spread bad news or rumors very quickly and be hard to stop
Compounds
1
1.0
A soft food made from cheese mixed with butter, cream, or spices to spread on bread
- Specialized
A jump with arms and legs stretched out to the sides like an eagle
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Spread for a large area of land comes from the idea of land that reaches out or stretches, from an old word meaning 'stretch'. So a cattle 'spread' is land that stretches a long way.