spread
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3.3
- adjective
- /sprɛd/
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distribuido
- The campus is pretty spread out, huh?
- spread-eagled
- too thinly spread
- so evenly spread
But the working hard and being spread thin are two different dynamics.
- But the working hard and being spread thin are two different dynamics.
- And so it's just lots of people very spread thin and trying to, you know, handle any kind of interpersonal things that come up from that.
- So if you are renovating, I do recommend considering evenly spread pot lights.
- He's either full blown spread eagle like you, the legal eagle, or he's he crosses his legs.
- So, so he's got the spread triad on the A flat cord.
Examples
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This VRM is pretty spread out as you can clearly see good amount of surface area on it.
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North Hollywood is much more residential and spread out than, say, Hollywood proper, which is as roomy as Jamaican customs.
Blog text (10) -
Even outside Austin in Round Rock, where my dad works as a high school teacher, they're pretty spread out.
Blog text (14) -
The USA (and China) is too big and the population is too spread out for trains to be a viable national transportation strategy.
Blog text (27) -
It was not as intense to him here as on his home island; but here life was somewhat more spread out, and he was not bred to this place.
Fiction book (1990) -
This "modern" way of thinking, of course, at the time was to build a much wider and more spread-out grid to accommodate the growing number of cars and trucks, fueled by a sense of expansion and progress, leaving the old behind.
Blog text (7) -
He studied the details for a while—the desperately spread wings and urgent open beaks of the birds, the snake's minutely rendered scales and fangs.
Fiction book (1997) -
The buffet featured a spread of delicious foods, including cakes, fruits, and soups.
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At the party, there was a beautiful spread laid out on the table for everyone to enjoy.
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She prepared a lavish spread of appetizers, ensuring that her guests had plenty to eat.
Synonyms
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3.0
How something spreads over an area or among people
55
3.5
The area or distance something covers
26
4.4
Spreading out over a large area in an untidy way like a city or tree branches
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5.2
The spreading of things over a wide area, for example seeds or people
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2.5
Easy to put on bread or crackers with a knife
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1.0
A soft food made from cheese mixed with butter, cream, or spices to spread on bread
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3.5
Arranged so they cover a wide area like papers fanned on a table
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5.5
Stretched wide over a large area
Spread out far across a large area
Spread out across an area or shared among many people
Spread out across a wide area
The amount that things are spread out across an area or among people
Able to dissolve and mix easily in water
A selection of food like sandwiches and fruit laid out to eat outdoors
Idioms
- Offensive
To spread bad news or rumors very quickly and be hard to stop
Compounds
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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 Wide
Surface Forms
Etymology
Spread as an adjective means fully opened or stretched out, from an old word meaning 'stretch'. That's why arms 'spread' wide or a map lies 'spread' out.