Definition of spread

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Spread (v. i.) To be extended by drawing or beating; as, some metals spread with difficulty..

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Smear :: Smear (n.) To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil..
Disseminate :: Disseminate (v. t. & i.) To sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, opinions, and errors are disseminated when they are spread abroad for propagation..
Erecto-patent :: Erecto-patent (a.) Standing partially spread and erect; -- said of the wings of certain insects.
Salver-shaped :: Salver-shaped (a.) Tubular, with a spreading border. See Hypocraterimorphous..
Fan :: Fan (n.) Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a peacock's tail, a window, etc..
Spread :: Spread (n.) 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..
Spread :: Spread (n.) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
Diffuse :: Diffuse (v. i.) To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself..
Uncock :: Uncock (v. t.) To open or spread from a cock or heap, as hay..
Strewing :: Strewing (n.) The act of scattering or spreading.
Abroad :: Abroad (adv.) At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad..
Rotate :: Rotate (a.) Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one..
Libel :: Libel (v. i.) To spread defamation, written or printed; -- with against..
Fuller :: Fuller (a.) A die; a half-round set hammer, used for forming grooves and spreading iron; -- called also a creaser..
Multiply :: Multiply (v. i.) To increase in extent and influence; to spread.
Plantain :: Plantain (n.) Any plant of the genus Plantago, but especially the P. major, a low herb with broad spreading radical leaves, and slender spikes of minute flowers. It is a native of Europe, but now found near the abode of civilized man in nearly all parts of the world..
Pervasion :: Pervasion (n.) The act of pervading, passing, or spreading through the whole extent of a thing..
Sprawl :: Sprawl (v. i.) To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully.
Sparpoil :: Sparpoil (v. t.) To scatter; to spread; to disperse.
Spread-eagle :: Spread () imp. & p. p. of Spread, v..
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