| moose |
the largest kind of deer. Male moose have very large antlers that are shaped like a hand with spread fingers. Moose are mammals with hooves. They live in the northern United States and in Canada. Moose also live in northern Europe and Asia, where they are called elk. |
| mosquito |
an insect with a thin body and two wings. The females bite and suck the blood of animals and people. Some mosquitoes spread disease. |
| mushroom |
to appear, grow, spread, or develop quickly, like a mushroom. [1/3 definitions] |
| mustard |
a powder or paste with a strong taste made from the ground seeds of the mustard plant. Mustard is used to flavor food or spread on the skin as medicine. [1/3 definitions] |
| nutria |
a small mammal with thick brown fur and a long thin tail. Nutrias are rodents closely related to guinea pigs and porcupines. They build burrows near wet areas such as swamps. Nutrias used to only live in South America, but they have spread to much of the United States and Europe. |
| open |
to spread out or expand. [2/16 definitions] |
| overrun |
to spread over, taking hold. [1/3 definitions] |
| peacock |
a male peafowl. It has a long, colorful tail, which it can raise and spread like a fan. [1/2 definitions] |
| peafowl |
a large Asian pheasant. The males have long colorful tails, which they can raise and spread like a fan. |
| peanut butter |
a paste made by grinding roasted peanuts. It is used in cooking or as a spread on sandwiches or crackers. |
| plague |
a disease that spread quickly and killed many people in former times. [1/4 definitions] |
| radiate |
to spread out in many directions from a center. [1/4 definitions] |
| rake1 |
to clear of ruins or trash, spread smoothly, or cultivate with a rake. [1/4 definitions] |
| roll |
to spread over an area as waves. [1/18 definitions] |
| roller |
an object shaped like a tube used to flatten, spread, or crush something. [1/4 definitions] |
| rub |
to spread against or onto another surface by means of pressure. [1/5 definitions] |
| rumor |
to tell or spread by rumor. [1/2 definitions] |
| run |
to flow or spread. [1/30 definitions] |
| seep |
to spread or flow through gradually. |
| sift |
to spread or sprinkle using a sieve or as though using a sieve. [1/2 definitions] |
| smear |
to spread or apply on or over a surface. [3/5 definitions] |