spread out

Verb

• spread out or open from a closed or folded state
  • open the map
    
  • spread your arms
    

• move away from each other;
  • The crowds dispersed
    
  • The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached
    

• turn outward
  • These birds can splay out their toes
    
  • ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees
    

• extend in one or more directions
  • The dough expands
    

• strew or distribute over an area
  • He spread fertilizer over the lawn
    
  • scatter cards across the table
    

• set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series
  • the houses were strung out in a long row
    

• move outward
  • The soldiers fanned out
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  unfold , spread , open , disperse , dissipate , scatter , turn out , splay , rotate , expand , string out , diffuse , fan out
• Antonyms: 
  fold , fold up , turn up , shrink , contract