English > fan out: 1 sense > verb 1, motion| Meaning | Move outward. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | diffuse, spread, spread out |
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| Narrower | creep | Grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface) |
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| mantle | spread over a surface, like a mantle |
| percolate | Spread gradually |
| run, bleed | Be diffused |
| Broader | spread, distribute | Distribute or disperse widely |
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| Spanish | desplegarse, difundir, diseminar, esparcirse, esparcir, propagarse, propagar, prppagar |
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| Catalan | estendre's, propagar-se |
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