to spread
664
1.6
- verb
- /sprɛd/
:
extender
- Hank has opened a large suitcase and spread it across the coffee table.
- spread far
- cancer has spread
- spread over 90 meters
So what I do is I kind of spread it here like that.
- So what I do is I kind of spread it here like that.
- And so they need to spread the the work out between dogs.
- And he's happy to just spread spoils all the time.
- So a lot of your grass is spread via rhizome as well.
- Sprinkle a little flour down and spread it evenly with your hands.
- So relying on the cooler to spread things out is it seems pretty good.
- But if they then become, if they spread, metastasize, they're deadly.
Examples
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Rachel sat hunched in her down jacket, hands spread in front of her to catch the heat.
Fiction book (1990) -
You wanna make sure it's all spread out evenly.
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So we just want to spread a bunch in each cell.
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So what I do is I kind of spread it here like that.
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We're gonna spread it across three or four players.
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Now what we're going to do is just spread this shadow out.
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I put some glue on and spread it in a very thin layer.
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Offering lower prices at non-peak periods may help to spread out customers over the year.
Academic text (1990) -
Perhaps the old medicine people did come out west first to spread medicinal herbs into the landscape.
Academic text (2011) -
Before baking, spread the frosting evenly over the cake's surface.
Synonyms
805
2.5
To grow larger in size, amount, or importance
285
1.0
Make something longer or wider by pulling it
265
2.7
To reach out with your body or make something longer
192
3.3
To go across an area or distance
187
2.8
To spread small things like leaves or seeds over an area without order
127
2.3
To extend across a large area or long distance
104
4.4
To cause people and things, like a crowd or fog, to spread over a wide area
98
3.4
To stretch across an area or period of time
92
3.9
To make or become wider and include more things
87
2.0
Give things to several people or places
85
2.5
To make something have more space from one side to the other so it fits or moves more easily
73
2.7
To stretch a hand toward something to touch it
58
3.4
Reach up to a certain point or limit
40
5.5
To spread out and reach many people or places
39
1.3
Open something that is folded so it becomes flat
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
24
3.1
To arrange or unfold things so they cover a larger area
17
3.6
Form a layer across a surface, like fog or icing
13
6.7
To turn something outward, especially fingers or toes
12
2.0
To spread out something like a carpet or map that was wrapped up
11
4.5
To open something rolled or folded so it lies flat
2
4.2
To continue for a long distance along a narrow area
1
6.1
To reach out a hand or arm toward something to offer help
1
7.1
Move across a surface and cover it, like mist or color
To stretch across a large area
To move outward in many directions to cover a wide area
To cover a surface by scattering things like papers or flowers
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
To spread bad news or rumors very quickly and be hard to stop
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
6
7.0
To try to do too many things at the same time so you cannot do any well
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 Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
Spread comes from an old word meaning 'stretch', giving the image of something being opened or pushed out. So to spread paint or butter is to stretch it across a surface.