spread
/spɹɛd/
To stretch out, open out so that it more fully covers a given area of space; To extend; to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. simple past and past participle of spread; To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area
- he/she/it
- spreads
- past participle
- spread
Meanings
- 1
To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space
Football spread around the world.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
The fire spread very quickly.
Tatoeba · mervert1 · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. simple past and past participle of spread
- 3
To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area
- 4
To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated
- 5
To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present
- 6
To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended
- 7
To smear, to distribute in a thin layer
- 8
To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter
- 9
To prepare; to set and furnish with provisionsrare
- 10
To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favoursrare