| VERB | contact | spread, distribute | distribute or disperse widely |
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| contact | spread, propagate | become distributed or widespread | |
| stative | spread, overspread | spread across or over | |
| contact | spread, unfold, spread out, open | spread out or open from a closed or folded state | |
| communication | spread, circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, diffuse, disperse, pass around | cause to become widely known | |
| communication | spread, go around, circulate | become widely known and passed on | |
| motion | spread, scatter, spread out | strew or distribute over an area | |
| motion | spread, diffuse, spread out, fan out | move outward | |
| contact | spread | cover by spreading something over | |
| contact | spread | distribute over a surface in a layer | |
| NOUN | event | spread, spreading | process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space |
| attribute | spread, gap | a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures | |
| artifact | spread, ranch, cattle ranch, cattle farm | farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle) | |
| attribute | spread, scatter | a haphazard distribution in all directions | |
| food | spread, paste | a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes | |
| food | spread, banquet, feast | a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed / enjoyed / enjoyed | |
| communication | spread, spread head, spreadhead, facing pages | two facing pages of a book or other publication | |
| attribute | spread | the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age) | |
| artifact | spread, bedspread, bedcover, bed cover, bed covering, counterpane | decorative cover for a bed | |
| act | spread, spreading | act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | spread, dispersed | distributed or spread over a considerable extent |
| all | spread | prepared or arranged for a meal | |
| all | spread, outspread | fully extended in width |
| Sounds | spreh'd | |
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| Rhymes | abed ... zed: 93 rhymes with ehd... | |
| Meaning | Distributed or spread over a considerable extent. | |
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| Example | "eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe" | |
| Synonym | dispersed | |
| Broader | distributed | Spread out or scattered about or divided up |
| Spanish | disperso, esparcido, extendido | |
| Catalan | dispers, escampat, estès | |
| Meaning | Prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out. | |
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| Example | "a table spread with food" | |
| Broader | prepared | made ready or fit or suitable beforehand |
| Meaning | fully extended in width. | |
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| Examples |
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| Synonym | outspread | |
| Broader | extended | fully extended or stretched forth |
| Spanish | extendido | |
| Meaning | Process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space. | |
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| Synonym | spreading | |
| Narrower | diffusion | The spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another |
| dispersion, scattering | Spreading widely or driving off | |
| invasion | (pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body | |
| irradiation | (physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex | |
| radiation | The spread of a group of organisms into new habitats | |
| Broader | change of location, travel | A movement through space that changes the location of something |
| Spanish | diseminación, propagación | |
| Verbs | spread | cause to become widely known |
| spread | become widely known and passed on | |
| spread | distribute or disperse widely | |
| spread | become distributed or widespread | |
| spread | strew or distribute over an area | |
| spread | move outward | |
| spread | spread across or over | |
| Meaning | A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures. | |
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| Example | "the spread between lending and borrowing costs" | |
| Synonym | gap | |
| Broader | disparity | inequality or difference in some respect |
| Meaning | farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle). | |
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| Synonyms | ranch, cattle ranch, cattle farm | |
| Broader | farm | workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit |
| Spanish | granja, propagación, rancho | |
| Catalan | ranxo | |
| Meaning | A haphazard distribution in all directions. | |
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| Synonym | scatter | |
| Narrower | diffuseness | The spatial property of being spread out over a wide area or through a large volume |
| Broader | distribution, dispersion | The spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume |
| Spanish | propagación | |
| Catalan | propagació | |
| Verbs | spread | cause to become widely known |
| spread | become widely known and passed on | |
| spread | distribute or disperse widely | |
| spread | become distributed or widespread | |
| spread | strew or distribute over an area | |
| spread | move outward | |
| spread | spread across or over | |
| Meaning | A meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed / enjoyed / enjoyed. | |
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| Example | "they put out quite a spread" | |
| Synonyms | banquet, feast | |
| Broader | meal, repast | The food served and eaten at one time |
| Spanish | banquete, comida festiva, comilona, convite, festín, fiesta | |
| Catalan | banquet, convit, festí | |
| Meaning | Two facing pages of a book or other publication. | |
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| Synonyms | spread head, spreadhead, facing pages | |
| Part of | publication | A copy of a printed work offered for distribution |
| Narrower | center spread, centre spread | The spread at the center of a magazine |
| centerfold, centrefold | A magazine center spread | |
| Broader | page | One side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains |
| Spanish | spreadhead | |
| Catalan | pàgina d'enfront, spreadhead | |
| Meaning | The expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age). | |
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| Example | "she exercised to avoid that middle-aged spread" | |
| Broader | girth | The distance around a person's body |
| Meaning | decorative cover for a bed. | |
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| Synonyms | bedspread, bedcover, bed cover, bed covering, counterpane | |
| Narrower | coverlet | A decorative bedspread (usually quilted) |
| quilted bedspread | A bedspread constructed like a thin quilt | |
| Broader | bedclothes, bed clothing, bedding | coverings that are used on a bed |
| Spanish | cobertor, cobertura, colcha, cubrecama, sobrecama | |
| Catalan | cobertor, cobrellit, vànova | |
| Meaning | Act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time. | |
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| Synonym | spreading | |
| Narrower | circulation | The spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or area |
| decentralization, decentralisation | The spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments | |
| dispersion, dispersal, dissemination, diffusion | The act of dispersing / dispersing or diffusing something | |
| scatter, scattering, strewing | The act of scattering | |
| Broader | extension | Act of expanding in scope |
| Spanish | difusión, extensión, propagación | |
| Catalan | difusió, extensió, propagació | |
| Verbs | spread | cause to become widely known |
| spread | distribute or disperse widely | |
| spread | become distributed or widespread | |
| spread | strew or distribute over an area | |
| spread | move outward | |
| spread | spread across or over | |
| Meaning | Distribute or disperse widely. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "The invaders spread their language all over the country" | |
| Synonym | distribute | |
| Narrower | deploy | To distribute systematically or strategically |
| diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out | Move outward | |
| discharge | pour forth or release | |
| export | Cause to spread in another part of the world | |
| generalize, generalise | Become systemic and spread throughout the body | |
| metastasize, metastasise | Spread throughout the body | |
| propagate | transmit or cause to broaden or spread | |
| redistribute | Distribute anew | |
| sprawl, straggle | Go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way | |
| strew, straw | spread by scattering ("straw"is archaic) | |
| See also | spread out | set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series |
| spread out | move outward | |
| spread out | extend in one or more directions | |
| spread out | move away from each other | |
| Opposite | gather, garner, collect, pull together | Assemble or get together |
| Spanish | desplegar, dispensar, distribuir, extender | |
| Catalan | desplegar, dispensar, distribuir, escampar, estendre's, estendre | |
| Nouns | spread, spreading | act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time |
| spread | a haphazard distribution in all directions | |
| spread | process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space | |
| spreader | a hand tool for spreading something | |
| Meaning | Become distributed or widespread. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Examples |
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| Synonym | propagate | |
| Narrower | catch | Spread or be communicated |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | difundirse, difundir, propagarse, propagar | |
| Catalan | propagar | |
| Nouns | spread | act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time |
| spread | a haphazard distribution in all directions | |
| spread | process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space | |
| Meaning | spread across or over. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "A big oil spot spread across the water" | |
| Synonym | overspread | |
| Narrower | transgress | spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline |
| Broader | cover, continue, extend | span an interval / interval of distance, space or time |
| Spanish | desarrollarse, desparramarse, desplegarse, difundirse, esparcirse, propagarse | |
| Catalan | desenvolupar-se, desplegar-se, difondre's, escampar-se, espargir-se, propagar-se | |
| Nouns | spread | act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time |
| spread | a haphazard distribution in all directions | |
| spread, spreading | process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space | |
| Meaning | spread out or open from a closed or folded state. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "spread your arms" | |
| Synonyms | unfold, spread out, open | |
| Narrower | butterfly | cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking |
| divaricate | Spread apart | |
| exfoliate | Spread by opening the leaves of | |
| grass | spread ... / spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach | |
| splay | Spread open or apart | |
| uncross | change from a crossed to an uncrossed position | |
| Broader | undo | cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect |
| Opposite | fold, fold up, turn up | bend or lay so that one part covers the other |
| Spanish | abrir, desdoblar, desplegar, difundir, estrenar, extender, propagar | |
| Catalan | desdoblar, desplegar, estendre, estrenar, obrir, propagar | |
| Meaning | Become widely known and passed on. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "the rumor spread" | |
| Synonyms | go around, circulate | |
| Caused by | circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around | Cause to become widely known |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Similar to | circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around | Cause to become widely known |
| Spanish | circular, difundirse, propagarse | |
| Catalan | circular, difondre's, escampar-se, espargir-se | |
| Nouns | spread | a haphazard distribution in all directions |
| spread | process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space | |
| Meaning | strew or distribute over an area. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "He spread fertilizer over the lawn" | |
| Synonyms | scatter, spread out | |
| Narrower | birdlime, lime | Spread birdlime on branches to catch birds |
| circumfuse | Spread something around something | |
| distribute | Spread throughout a given area | |
| manure, muck | Spread manure, as for fertilization | |
| Broader | circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute | Cause be distributed |
| Spanish | difundir, dispersar, esparcir, extender, propagar, tender | |
| Catalan | dispersar, escampar-se, escampar, espargir-se, espargir, estendre, estirar-se, propagar | |
| Nouns | spread | act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time |
| spread | a haphazard distribution in all directions | |
| spread | process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space | |
| spreader | a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions | |
| Meaning | Move outward. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | diffuse, spread out, fan out | |
| Narrower | creep | Grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface) |
| mantle | spread over a surface, like a mantle | |
| percolate | Spread gradually | |
| run, bleed | Be diffused | |
| Broader | spread, distribute | Distribute or disperse widely |
| Spanish | desplegarse, difundir, diseminar, esparcirse, esparcir, propagarse, propagar, prppagar | |
| Catalan | estendre's, propagar-se | |
| Nouns | spread | act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time |
| spread | a haphazard distribution in all directions | |
| spread | process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space | |
| Meaning | Cover by spreading something over. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Model | They spread the bread with melted butter | |
| Example | "spread the bread with cheese" | |
| Narrower | slather | Spread thickly |
| Broader | cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
| Spanish | propagar | |
| Catalan | propagar | |
| Nouns | spread | a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes |
| spreader | a hand tool for spreading something | |
| Meaning | Distribute over a surface in a layer. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "spread cheese on a piece of bread" | |
| Spanish | esparcir | |
| Catalan | escampar | |
| Nouns | spread | a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes |
| spreader | a hand tool for spreading something | |
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