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of Spread |
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To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only; to
stretch or expand to a broad or broader surface or extent; to open; to
unfurl; as, to spread a carpet; to spread a tent or a sail. |
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To extend so as to cover something; to extend to a great
or grater extent in every direction; to cause to fill or cover a wide
or wider space. |
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To divulge; to publish, as news or fame; to cause to be
more extensively known; to disseminate; to make known fully; as, to
spread a report; -- often acompanied by abroad. |
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To propagate; to cause to affect great numbers; as, to
spread a disease. |
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To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia; to emit; as,
odoriferous plants spread their fragrance. |
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To strew; to scatter over a surface; as, to spread
manure; to spread lime on the ground. |
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To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to
spread a table. |
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To extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in
breadth only; to be extended or stretched; to expand. |
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To be extended by drawing or beating; as, some metals
spread with difficulty. |
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To be made known more extensively, as news. |
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To be propagated from one to another; as, the disease
spread into all parts of the city. |
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Extent; compass. |
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Expansion of parts. |
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A cloth used as a cover for a table or a bed. |
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A table, as spread or furnished with a meal; hence, an
entertainment of food; a feast. |
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A privilege which one person buys of another, of demanding
certain shares of stock at a certain price, or of delivering the same
shares of stock at another price, within a time agreed upon. |
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An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points. |
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imp. & p. p. of Spread, v. |
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