spread
To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
Verb 4 meanings
To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
“He spread his newspaper on the table.”
To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. simple past and past participle of spread
“I spread my arms wide and welcomed him home.”
To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
“I spread the rice grains evenly over the floor.”
To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
Noun 4 meanings
The act of spreading.
Something that has been spread.
A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.
An expanse of land.
“November 29, 1712, Andrew Freeport, a letter to The Spectator I have got a fine spread of improvable lands.”
Etymology
From Middle English spreden, from Old English sprǣdan (“to spread, expand”), from Proto-Germanic *spraidijaną (“to spread”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”).
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SPREAD at a glance
SPREAD has 6 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (S 1 + P 3 + R 1 + E 1 + A 1 + D 2) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,604 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with spread
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- SPREED9
- SPREDD10
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