spread

Adjective

• fully extended in width
  • outspread wings
    
  • with arms spread wide
    

• prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out
  • a table spread with food
    

• distributed or spread over a considerable extent
  • has ties with many widely dispersed friends
    
  • eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe
    

Noun

• act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time

• decorative cover for a bed

• the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age)
  • she exercised to avoid that middle-aged spread
    

• two facing pages of a book or other publication

• a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed
  • a banquet for the graduating seniors
    
  • the Thanksgiving feast
    
  • they put out quite a spread
    

• a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes

• a haphazard distribution in all directions

• farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)

• a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
  • gap between income and outgo
    
  • the spread between lending and borrowing costs
    

• process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

Verb

• distribute over a surface in a layer
  • spread cheese on a piece of bread
    

• cover by spreading something over
  • spread the bread with cheese
    

• move outward
  • The soldiers fanned out
    

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

• become widely known and passed on
  • the rumor spread
    
  • the story went around in the office
    

• cause to become widely known
  • spread information
    
  • circulate a rumor
    
  • broadcast the news
    

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

• spread across or over
  • A big oil spot spread across the water
    

• become distributed or widespread
  • the infection spread
    
  • Optimism spread among the population
    

• distribute or disperse widely
  • The invaders spread their language all over the country
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  outspread , dispersed , spreading , bedspread , bedcover , bed cover , bed covering , counterpane , spread head , spreadhead , facing pages , banquet , feast , paste , scatter , ranch , cattle ranch , cattle farm , gap , diffuse , spread out , fan out , go around , circulate , unfold , open , overspread , pr
• Antonyms: 
  fold , fold up , turn up , gather , garner , collect , pull together