[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

spread \spread\ spre^d, v. t. imp.  p. p. spread; p. pr.
    vb. n. spreading. oe. spreden, as. spraedan; akin to d.
   spreiden, spreijen, lg. spreden, spreen, spreien, g.
   spreiten, dan. sprede, sw. sprida. cf. spray water flying
   in drops.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            he bought a parcel of a field where he had spread
            his tent.                             --gen. xxxiii.
                                                  19.
      1913 webster

            here the rhone
            hath spread himself a couch.          --byron.
      1913 webster

   2. to extend so as to cover something; to extend to a great
      or greater extent in every direction; to cause to fill or
      cover a wide or wider space.
      1913 webster

            rose, as in a dance, the stately trees, and spread
            their branches hung with copious fruit. --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. 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 accompanied by
      abroad.
      1913 webster

            they, when they were departed, spread abroad his
            fame in all that country.             --matt. ix.
                                                  31.
      1913 webster

   4. to propagate; to cause to affect great numbers; as, to
      spread a disease.
      1913 webster

   5. to diffuse, as emanations or effluvia; to emit; as,
      odoriferous plants spread their fragrance.
      1913 webster

   6. to strew; to scatter over a surface; as, to spread manure;
      to spread lime on the ground.
      1913 webster

   7. to prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to
      spread a table.
      1913 webster

            boiled the flesh, and spread the board. --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   to spread cloth, to unfurl sail. obs. --evelyn.
      1913 webster

   syn: to diffuse; propagate; disperse; publish; distribute;
        scatter; circulate; disseminate; dispense.
        1913 webster
see also:
spread spreading spray to spread cloth 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

spread \spread\, v. i.
   1. to extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in
      breadth only; to be extended or stretched; to expand.
      1913 webster

            plants, if they spread much, are seldom tall.
                                                  --bacon.
      1913 webster

            governor winthrop, and his associates at
            charlestown, had for a church a large, spreading
            tree.                                 --b. trumbull.
      1913 webster

   2. to be extended by drawing or beating; as, some metals
      spread with difficulty.
      1913 webster

   3. to be made known more extensively, as news.
      1913 webster

   4. to be propagated from one to another; as, the disease
      spread into all parts of the city. --shak.
      1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

spread \spread\,
   imp.  p. p. of spread, v.
   1913 webster

   spread eagle.
   a an eagle with outspread wings, the national emblem of the
       united states.
   b the figure of an eagle, with its wings elevated and its
       legs extended; often met as a device upon military
       ornaments, and the like.
   c her. an eagle displayed; an eagle with the wings and
       legs extended on each side of the body, as in the
       double-headed eagle of austria and russia. see
       displayed, 2.
       1913 webster
see also:
spread spread eagle displayed 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

spread \spread\, n.
   1. extent; compass.
      1913 webster

            i have got a fine spread of improvable land.
                                                  --addison.
      1913 webster

   2. expansion of parts.
      1913 webster

            no flower hath spread like that of the woodbine.
                                                  --bacon.
      1913 webster

   3. a cloth used as a cover for a table or a bed.
      1913 webster

   4. a table, as spread or furnished with a meal; hence, an
      entertainment of food; a feast. colloq.
      1913 webster

   5. 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. brokers' cant
      1913 webster

   6. geom. an unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
      1913 webster

   7. finance an arbitrage transaction operated by buying and
      selling simultaneously in two separate markets, as chicago
      and new york, when there is an abnormal difference in
      price between the two markets. it is called a

   back spreadwhen the difference in price is less than the
      normal one.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   8. gems surface in proportion to the depth of a cut stone.
      webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
back spread 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

spread
     adj 1: distributed or spread over a considerable extent; "has ties
            with many widely dispersed friends"; "eleven million
            jews are spread throughout europe" syn: dispersed
     2: prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set
        out; "a table spread with food"
     3: fully extended in width; "outspread wings"; "with arms
        spread wide" syn: outspread
     n 1: process or result of distributing or extending over a wide
          expanse of space syn: spreading
     2: a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two
        figures; "gap between income and outgo"; "the spread
        between lending and borrowing costs" syn: gap
     3: farm consisting of a large tract of land along with
        facilities needed to raise livestock especially cattle
        syn: ranch, cattle ranch, cattle farm
     4: a haphazard distribution in all directions syn: scatter
     5: a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers syn: paste
     6: a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed; "a banquet
        for the graduating seniors"; "the thanksgiving feast";
        "they put out quite a spread" syn: banquet, feast
     7: two facing pages of a book or other publication syn: spread
        head, spreadhead, facing pages
     8: the expansion of a person's girth especially at middle
        age; "she exercised to avoid that middle-aged spread"
     9: decorative cover for a bed syn: bedspread, bedcover, bed
        cover, bed covering, counterpane
     10: act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or
         time syn: spreading
     v 1: distribute or disperse widely; "the invaders spread their
          language all over the country" syn: distribute ant:
           gather
     2: become distributed or widespread; "the infection spread";
        "optimism spread among the population" syn: propagate
     3: spread across or over; "a big oil spot spread across the
        water" syn: overspread
     4: spread out or open from a closed or folded state; "open the
        map"; "spread your arms" syn: unfold, spread out, open
        ant: fold
     5: cause to become widely known; "spread information";
        "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" syn: circulate,
         circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate,
         propagate, broadcast, diffuse, disperse, pass
        around
     6: become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the
        story went around in the office" syn: go around, circulate
     7: strew or distribute over an area; "he spread fertilizer over
        the lawn"; "scatter cards across the table" syn: scatter,
         spread out
     8: move outward; "the soldiers fanned out" syn: diffuse, spread
        out, fan out
     9: cover by spreading something over; "spread the bread with
        cheese"
     10: distribute over a surface in a layer; "spread cheese on a
         piece of bread"
see also:
dispersed outspread spreading gap ranch cattle ranch 
cattle farm scatter paste banquet feast 
spread head spreadhead facing pages bedspread bedcover 
bed cover bed covering counterpane distribute gather 
propagate overspread unfold spread out open 
fold circulate circularize circularise disseminate 
broadcast diffuse disperse pass around go around 
spread out fan out 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

706 moby thesaurus words for "spread":
   aberrate, aberration, accelerated, access, accessible, accession,
   accretion, accrual, accrue, accruement, accumbent, accumulate,
   accumulation, acreage, addition, adjunct, advance, advertise,
   affirmed, afghan, aggrandized, aggrandizement, air, airing,
   ampliation, amplification, amplified, amplitude, announce,
   announced, apply, appreciate, appreciation, area, ascent, assign,
   attenuation, augmentation, augmented, balloon, ballooning,
   bandying, banner, banner head, banquet, barbecue, beam,
   become public, bed linen, bedaub, bedclothes, bedcover, bedding,
   bedsheet, bedspread, beefed-up, besmear, bestrew, bigness, blanket,
   bloat, bloated, bloating, board, body, book, boom, boost, boosted,
   boundaries, boundary, bounds, branch, branch out, bread,
   bread and butter, breadth, break, breed, broach, broadcast,
   broadcasting, broaden, broadened, broadening, broadness,
   brought to notice, bruit about, bruiting, bruiting about,
   buffalo robe, buildup, bulk, butter, buzz about, caliber, call,
   caption, carry, carry over, case, centrifugence, cheer, chink,
   circulate, circulated, circulation, circumfuse, circumfusion,
   cleave, cloak, clothes, coat, come forth, come out, comestibles,
   comfort, comforter, common knowledge, common property, communicate,
   communication, compass, conduction, confiture, conserve, consign,
   contagion, contour sheet, convection, couchant, couche,
   counterpane, cover, coverage, coverlet, coverlid, crack, crawling,
   creature comfort, crescendo, crevasse, cuisine, current, cut,
   cut open, dab, daily bread, daub, deal, deal in generalities,
   deal out, decentralization, declared, decumbent, deepen, deepened,
   deliver, delivery, deltoid, deploy, deployment, deport,
   deportation, depth, develop, developing, development, deviation,
   diameter, diapedesis, difference, diffract, diffraction, diffuse,
   diffused, diffusion, dilution, dimension, dimensions, dinner,
   discrete, dispart, dispel, dispensation, dispense, dispersal,
   disperse, dispersed, dispersion, display, dispread, disseminate,
   disseminated, dissemination, dissipate, dissipated, dissipation,
   distance, distance across, distribute, distributed, distribution,
   divaricate, divarication, diverge, divergence, divergency, divide,
   division, drag out, draped, draw out, drop head, dropline,
   eatables, ecumenicize, edema, edibles, eiderdown, elevated,
   elevation, emanate, emptiness, empty space, enamel, encompass,
   enhanced, enlarge, enlarged, enlargement, enlarging, entertainment,
   environ, epigraph, evaporation, evulgation, expand, expanded,
   expanding, expanse, expansion, expel, export, exportation,
   expulsion, extend, extended, extending, extension, extent,
   extradite, extradition, fan, fan out, fan-shape, fan-shaped,
   fanlike, fanned, fanning, fanning out, fare, farm, fast food,
   feast, feed, field, find vent, fissure, fitted sheet, flabelliform,
   flare, flared, flaring, flat, flood, fly about, fly open, food,
   food and drink, foodstuff, fragmentation, fullness, gain,
   gain strength, galactic space, gauge, generalize, get about,
   get abroad, get afloat, get ahead, get around, get exposure, gild,
   girth, glaze, globalize, gloss, go, go about, go away, go forth,
   go off, go out, go the rounds, go up, greatening, greatness,
   groveling, grow, growth, gush, hand forward, hand on, hand over,
   hanger, have currency, head, heading, headline, health food,
   height, heightened, herald, hike, hiked, hiking, hold, holding,
   homestead, impart, import, importation, in circulation, in print,
   incise, increase, increased, increasing, increment, infinite space,
   inflated, inflation, ingesta, intensified, intensify, interchange,
   interstellar space, issuance, issue, jam, jazzed up, jelly, jump,
   jump head, junk food, kitchen stuff, lacquer, landholding,
   lap robe, largeness, latitude, lay, lay on, lay open, lay out,
   layer, leap, legend, length, lie, limits, linen, lolling, lounging,
   lying, made public, magnification, magnified, magnitude,
   make a generalization, make known, make over, make public, mantle,
   margarine, mass, meal, measure, measurement, meat, mess,
   metastasis, metastasize, metathesis, metathesize, metempsychosis,
   migration, motto, mount, mounting, multiplication, multiplied,
   multiply, mushroom, mushrooming, mutual transfer, nothingness,
   oleo, ope, open, open up, osmosis, outer space, outspread,
   outstretch, outstretched, overgrow, overlay, overline, overrun,
   overscatter, oversow, overspread, paint, part, pass, pass on,
   pass over, pass the buck, passage, passing over, paste,
   patchwork quilt, patulous, peddle, peppering, perfuse, perfusion,
   periodical, pillow slip, pillowcase, place, plantation, plaster,
   plate, preserve, prime, printing, proclaimed, procumbent,
   productiveness, profusion, proliferate, proliferated,
   proliferating, proliferation, prolong, promulgate, promulgation,
   prone, pronounce, propagate, propagated, propagation, property,
   proportion, proportions, prostrate, protract, provender, provision,
   public, publication, publicize, publish, published, publishing,
   push, put, put and call, put apart, put out, quilt, radiate,
   radiation, radius, raise, raised, raising, ramify, ranch, range,
   ray, reach, reach out, recite, reclining, recumbent, refection,
   refreshment, regale, regalement, reinforced, relay, rent, repas,
   repast, repeat, reported, reposing, resupine, retail, rift, right,
   rip, rise, rive, robe, rub, rubric, rug, run, run up, running head,
   running title, scale, scarehead, scatter, scattered, scattering,
   scatterment, scope, screamer, see the light, separate, separation,
   set, shed, sheet, sheeting, shoot up, shotgun pattern, size,
   slap on, slather, slip, slit, smear, smear on, smooth, snowball,
   snowballing, sow, sow broadcast, sowing, space, span, sparse,
   spatial extension, spattering, sphere, splay, splayed, splaying,
   split, sporadic, spraddle, spraddled, spraddling, sprangle,
   sprangled, sprangling, sprawl, sprawled, sprawling, sprawly,
   spread about, spread like wildfire, spread on, spread out,
   spread with, spreadhead, spreading, spreading abroad,
   spreading out, spring open, sprinkling, stated, stiffened,
   stock option, straddle, straggling, straggly, strap, streamer,
   strengthen, strengthened, stretch, stretch out, stretched-out,
   strew, strewing, strewn, strip, strown, subhead, subheading,
   subtitle, superficial extension, superscription, supine, surface,
   surge, surround, sustenance, swaddle, sweep, swell, swelling,
   swing open, switch, swollen, table, take in, tap, tar, tear,
   tear open, telecast, telecasting, televise, televised, throw,
   throw open, thrust out, tightened, title, title page, tract,
   transduction, transfer, transfer of property, transfer property,
   transference, transfuse, transfusion, transit, transition,
   translate, translation, translocate, translocation, transmigration,
   transmigration of souls, transmission, transmit, transmittal,
   transmittance, transplace, transplacement, transplant,
   transplantation, transposal, transpose, transposition, travel,
   treat, trumpet, tucker, tumescence, turn over, undercoat, unfold,
   unfolded, unfurl, universalize, unroll, up, upping, upsurge,
   upswing, uptrend, upturn, utter, varnish, vastness, ventilation,
   viands, victuals, vittles, void, volatilization, volume, wash, wax,
   waxing, wide-open, widen, widened, wideness, widening, widespread,
   width, wrap

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