Definition of spread

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Spread (v. t.) 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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Abroad :: Abroad (adv.) At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship..
Privilege :: Privilege (n.) See Call, Put, Spread, etc..
Hastated :: Hastated (n.) Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf..
Misty :: Misty (superl.) Accompained with mist; characterized by the presence of mist; obscured by, or overspread with, mist; as, misty weather; misty mountains; a misty atmosphere..
Slice :: Slice (v. t.) A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink..
Overgloom :: Overgloom (v. t.) To spread gloom over; to make gloomy; to overshadow.
Marl :: Marl (n.) To overspread or manure with marl; as, to marl a field..
Roll :: Roll (n.) To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers; as, to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails, etc..
Overcome :: Overcome (v. t.) To come or pass over; to spreads over.
Catch :: Catch (v. i.) To spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate..
Dash :: Dash (n.) A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple..
Lichen :: Lichen (n.) A name given to several varieties of skin disease, esp. to one characterized by the eruption of small, conical or flat, reddish pimples, which, if unchecked, tend to spread and produce great and even fatal exhaustion..
Strew :: Strew (v. t.) To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave..
Toil :: Toil (n.) A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural..
Fantail :: Fantail (n.) Any bird of the Australian genus Rhipidura, in which the tail is spread in the form of a fan during flight. They belong to the family of flycatchers..
Spread :: Spread (n.) A cloth used as a cover for a table or a bed.
Phagedena :: Phagedena (n.) Spreading, obstinate ulceration..
Effuse :: Effuse (a.) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells..
Bedspread :: Bedspread (n.) A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet.
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