Definition of spread

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Spread (v. i.) To be propagated from one to another; as, the disease spread into all parts of the city..

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Run :: Run (a.) To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread.
Strewing :: Strewing (n.) The act of scattering or spreading.
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..
Overspreading :: Overspreading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oversprea.
Branch :: Branch (v. i.) To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.
Disseminator :: Disseminator (n.) One who, or that which, disseminates, spreads, or propagates; as, disseminators of disease..
Uncock :: Uncock (v. t.) To open or spread from a cock or heap, as hay..
Trowel :: Trowel (n.) A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them..
Bespread :: Bespread (v. t.) To spread or cover over.
Spread :: Spread (n.) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
Expand :: Expand (v. i.) To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy..
Quitch Grass :: Quitch grass () A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having long running rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously, and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass, quick grass, quick grass, twitch grass. See Illustration in Appendix..
Stoolball :: Stool (n.) Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to..
Broadspreading :: Broadspreading (a.) Spreading widely.
Rake :: Rake (n.) An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth..
Circumfusion :: Circumfusion (n.) The act of pouring or spreading round; the state of being spread round.
Spreadingly :: Spreader (n.) A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.
Diffuse :: Diffuse (v. i.) To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself..
Effuse :: Effuse (a.) Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuse inflorescence..
Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax..
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