Definition of spread

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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..

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Bedspread :: Bedspread (n.) A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet.
Scattered :: Scattered (a.) Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread..
Ground :: Ground (n.) A gummy composition spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle..
Spread :: Spread (v. t.) 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..
Bermuda Grass :: Bermuda grass () A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass..
Spread :: Spread (v. t.) To strew; to scatter over a surface; as, to spread manure; to spread lime on the ground..
Expatiate :: Expatiate (v. t.) To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.
Glaze :: Glaze (v. t.) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes..
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..
Leprosy :: Leprosy (n.) A cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as reddish, shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges. These are often followed by an eruption of dark or yellowish prominent nodules, frequently producing great deformity. In one variety of the disease, anaesthesia of the skin is a prominent symptom. In addition there may be wasting of the muscles, falling out of the hair and nails, and distortion of the hands and feet with destruction of the bones and joints. It is
Overrun :: Overrun (v. t.) To run over; to grow or spread over in excess; to invade and occupy; to take possession of; as, the vine overran its trellis; the farm is overrun with witch grass..
Erecto-patent :: Erecto-patent (a.) Standing partially spread and erect; -- said of the wings of certain insects.
Panic :: Panic (a.) By extension: A sudden widespread fright or apprehension concerning financial affairs.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree..
Cover :: Cover (v. i.) To spread a table for a meal; to prepare a banquet.
Hypocraterimorphous :: Hypocraterimorphous (a.) Salver-shaped; having a slender tube, expanding suddenly above into a bowl-shaped or spreading border, as in the blossom of the phlox and the lilac..
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..
Squarrose :: Squarrose (a.) Consisting of scales widely divaricating; having scales, small leaves, or other bodies, spreading widely from the axis on which they are crowded; -- said of a calyx or stem..
Outray :: Outray (v. i.) To spread out in array.
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