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spreadnoun a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bedbought a brightly colored spread for summer a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainmentthey really know how to put out a good spread banquet, dinner, feast, feed, regale chow, mess, repast, tableblowout, carnival, festival, fete(or fête), gala, party, shindigfestivitybarbecue(also barbeque), clambake, cookout, fry, luau, roastbuffet, luncheon, smorgasbord a wide space or areaa vast spread of land just waiting to be settled breadth, distance, expanse, expansion, extent, field, length, plain, reach, sheet, stretch, waste domain, sphere, territorycompass, range, scope, sweepgamut, scale, spectrumdepth, emptiness, voidextension, latitude, spanamplitude, immensity, magnitude the distance or extent between possible extremesthe spread of grades was from 15 to 79 on that quiz diapason, gamut, range, scale, spectrum, stretch measure, pitchambit, amplitude, compass, dimension(s), extent, reach, realm, scope, sweep, width the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objectsa spread of nearly 100 miles between farms distance, lead, length, remove, spacing, stretch, way altitude, area, breadth, depth, height, rise, space, volume, widthextension, extentcast, range, reach, scope, shot, sweep, throwdrop, fall, flight, haulberth, clearance spreadverbto cause to be known over a considerable area or by many peoplespread the news! broadcast, circulate, disseminate, propagate radiate, sprawldiffuse, dispense, disperse, dissipate, scatter, sowcommunicate, convey, impart, pass (on), transmit cloak, conceal, enshroud, hide, hold (in), mask, obscure, secrete, shroud, veilcontain, limit, restrict to put a layer of on a surfacewe spread the fertilizer over the lawn evenly until it was fully covered apply, lay, lay on anoint, bedaub, besmear, dab, daub, plaster, slather, smearblanket, carpet, coat, cover, layer, mantle, overlay, overlie, overspread, sheet, surface bare, expose, peel, strip, uncover to become knownonce news of the war's end had spread, spontaneous celebrations broke out everywhere break, circulate, come out, get about, get around, get out, get round, leak (out), out develop, transpire, unfolddisclose, reveal, spill, tell hush (up), suppressconceal, disguise, hide, masksecrete to cause (something) to pass from one to anotherliving conditions that help to spread chicken pox communicate, conduct, convey, give, impart, transfer, transfuse, transmit deliver, hand over, surrender, turn overbroadcast, diffuse, disseminate, propagatehand down, hand oncontaminate, infect, poison catch, come down (with), contract to go or move in different directions from a central pointthe walls of the old barn spread under the weight of the snow on the roof branch (out), diverge, divide, fork, part, separate bestrew, break up, broadcast, clear out, disband, dispel, disperse, dissipate, distribute, scatter, sowdistance, recede, retreat converge, join assemble, gather, meet to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or numberdissatisfaction with the new administration is spreading rapidly accelerate, accumulate, appreciate, balloon, boom, build up, burgeon(also bourgeon), climb, enlarge, escalate, expand, gain, increase, mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, rise, roll up, snowball, swell, wax jump, rocket, skyrocket, surgeheighten, intensify, redoubleblow up, bulk, distend, inflate, puff (up)crescendo, crest, peak contract, decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessen, recede, wane in the 13th century |