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spread
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- pronunciation:
- spred
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- features:
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
spreads, spreading, spread |
| definition 1: |
When you spread something like butter on a piece of bread, you move it out in different directions so that it covers the bread.
Leo carefully spread the jelly on his crackers.I like to watch my mom spread icing on a cake.- similar words:
- apply, coat, paint, pave, pile
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| definition 2: |
When you spread something, you open it wide or stretch it out.
My mom spread the new blanket over my bed.We spread our map on the table and looked for our town.
- synonyms:
- expand, extend, open, stretch
- antonyms:
- compress
- similar words:
- roll, unfold
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| definition 3: |
When you spread something, you send it out to others. When you spread information, you tell it to many other people. If people spread a disease, they give it to other people.
Two of the parents spread the news that soccer practice had been changed from Saturday to Sunday.When a sick person coughs, they can spread their sickness to other people.- synonyms:
- distribute
- similar words:
- publish, scatter, sift
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| definition 4: |
If you spread the curtains, you make a lot of space between them. When you spread your arms, you open them up wide.
You can't really see how big a bird's wings are until the bird spreads them.- synonyms:
- open
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| definition 5: |
When something spreads, it starts in one place and moves or stretches out over an area. When different things spread, they move apart and away from each other.
The weeds spread until the whole garden was just full of them.The disease spread across the city.- synonyms:
- expand
- similar words:
- extend, range, stretch
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| definition 6: |
If butter spreads easily, it is easy to make it cover a whole piece of toast.
The new paint is thick, but it spreads very well and makes an even coat. |
| related words: |
bulge, communicate, go, rub, run, stretch, transmit |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
A spread is the moving out or expanding of something over an area.
The doctors worked to stop the spread of the illness.- synonyms:
- extension
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| definition 2: |
A spread is a cloth covering that is put over furniture such as a bed or table.
There is a spread on the kitchen table with a pretty pattern of flowers.- synonyms:
- quilt, tablecloth
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| definition 3: |
A spread is a very soft food that can be put in a layer on things like crackers or bread.
I like the new cheese spread that my mom bought.- synonyms:
- butter, paste
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| related words: |
application, banquet, canopy, extent, farm, feast, jam, meal |
| derivation: |
spreadable (adj.) |
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