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spreadsnounpl. of spread 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 banquets, dinners, feasts, feeds, regales chow, messes, repasts, tablesblowouts, carnivals, festivals, fetes(or fêtes), galas, parties, shindigsfestivitiesbarbecues(also barbeques), clambakes, cookouts, fries, luaus, roastsbuffets, luncheons, smorgasbords a wide space or areaa vast spread of land just waiting to be settled breadths, distances, expanses, expansions, extents, fields, lengths, plains, reaches, sheets, stretches, wastes domains, spheres, territoriescompasses, ranges, scopes, sweepsgamuts, scales, spectra(or spectrums)depths, voidsextensions, latitudes, spansamplitudes, immensities, magnitudes the distance or extent between possible extremesthe spread of grades was from 15 to 79 on that quiz diapasons, gamuts, ranges, scales, spectra(or spectrums), stretches measures, pitches, scalesambits, amplitudes, compasses, dimensions, extents, reaches, realms, scopes, sweeps, widths the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objectsa spread of nearly 100 miles between farms distances, leads, lengths, removes, spacings, stretches, ways altitudes, areas, breadths, depths, heights, rises, spaces, volumes, widthsextensions, extentscasts, ranges, reaches, scopes, shots, sweeps, throwsdrops, falls, flights, haulsberths, clearances spreadsverbpresent tense third-person singular of spreadto cause to be known over a considerable area or by many peoplespread the news! broadcasts, circulates, disseminates, propagates radiates, sprawlsdiffuses, dispenses, disperses, dissipates, scatters, sowscommunicates, conveys, imparts, passes (on), transmits cloaks, conceals, enshrouds, hides, holds (in), masks, obscures, secretes, shrouds, veilscontains, limits, restricts to put a layer of on a surfacewe spread the fertilizer over the lawn evenly until it was fully covered applies, lays, lays on anoints, bedaubs, besmears, dabs, daubs, plasters, slathers, smearsblankets, carpets, coats, covers, layers, mantles, overlays, overlies, overspreads, sheets, surfaces bares, exposes, peels, strips, uncovers to become knownonce news of the war's end had spread, spontaneous celebrations broke out everywhere breaks, circulates, comes out, gets about, gets around, gets out, gets round, leaks (out), outs develops, transpires, unfoldsdiscloses, reveals, spills, tells hushes (up), suppressesconceals, disguises, hides, maskssecretes to cause (something) to pass from one to anotherliving conditions that help to spread chicken pox communicates, conducts, conveys, gives, imparts, transfers, transfuses, transmits delivers, hands over, surrenders, turns overbroadcasts, diffuses, disseminates, propagateshands down, hands oncontaminates, infects, poisons catches, comes down (with), contracts 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 branches (out), diverges, divides, forks, parts, separates bestrews, breaks up, broadcasts, clears out, disbands, dispels, disperses, dissipates, distributes, scatters, sowsdistances, recedes, retreats converges, joins assembles, gathers, meets to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or numberdissatisfaction with the new administration is spreading rapidly accelerates, accumulates, appreciates, balloons, booms, builds up, burgeons(also bourgeons), climbs, enlarges, escalates, expands, gains, increases, mounts, multiplies, mushrooms, proliferates, rises, rolls up, snowballs, swells, waxes jumps, rockets, skyrockets, surgesheightens, intensifies, redoublesblows up, bulks, distends, inflates, puffs (up)crescendoes, crests, peaks contracts, decreases, diminishes, dwindles, lessens, recedes, wanes |