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spread en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /spɹɛd/

Etymology

From Middle English spreden, from Old English sprǣdan (“to spread, expand”), from Proto-Germanic *spraidijaną (“to spread”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian spreede (“to spread”), West Frisian spriede (“to spread”), North Frisian spriedjen (“to spread”), Dutch spreiden (“to spread”), Low German spreden (“to spread”), German spreiten (“to spread, spread out”), Danish sprede (“to spread”), Norwegian spre, spreie (“to spread, disseminate”), Swedish sprida (“to spread”), Latin spernō, spargō, Ancient Greek σπείρω (speírō), Persian سپردن (sepordan, “to deposit”). Doublet of spurn.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of spreading.
   • No flower hath that kind of spread that the woodbine hath. 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
2. (countable, uncountable) Something that has been spread.
3. (countable, uncountable) A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.
4. (countable, uncountable) An expanse of land.
   • November 29, 1712, Andrew Freeport, a letter to The Spectator I have got a fine spread of improvable lands.
5. (countable, uncountable) A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.
   • - Can't wait till I get my own spread and won't have to put up with Joe Aguirre's crap no more. 2005, Brokeback Mountain (film), 00:11:50
6. (countable, uncountable) A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
   • Linen shawls and spreads show up in secondhand clothing stores like those in the row on St. Marks Place in New York City. 1975, Douglas Matthews, Suzanne Wymelenberg, Susan Cheever Cowley, Secondhand is Better, page 166:
7. (countable, uncountable) A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
8. (countable, qualifier:bread, uncountable, usually) Any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams.
   • Ferd liked to experiment with sandwich spreads ― the one he liked most was cream-cheese, olives, anchovy and avocado, mashed up with a little mayonnaise ― but Oscar always had the same pink luncheon-meat. 1958 May, Avram Davidson, “Or All The Seas With Oysters”, in Galaxy Science Fiction:
9. (countable, uncountable) A set of multiple torpedoes launched on side-by-side, slowly-diverging paths toward one or more enemy ships.
   • Johnston, meanwhile, has managed to get within five miles of its target, and fires a full spread of ten torpedoes. Minutes later, at least two, possibly three, tear the bow off the hapless cruiser Kumano. First blood, unbelievably, therefore, goes to the Americans. 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 18:01 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022:
10. (slang, uncountable) Food improvised by inmates from various ingredients to relieve the tedium of prison food.
11. (countable, uncountable) An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
12. (countable, uncountable) Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.
13. (countable, uncountable) A numerical difference.
14. (countable, uncountable) A measure of how far the data tend to deviate from the average.
    • The spread is usually measured using standard deviation and variance.
15. (countable, uncountable) The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
16. (countable, uncountable) The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
17. (countable, uncountable) The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.
18. (countable, uncountable) The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.
19. (countable, uncountable) An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.
20. (countable, uncountable) The difference between bidding and asking price.
21. (countable, uncountable) The difference between the prices of two similar items.
22. (countable, uncountable) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
23. (countable, uncountable) The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.
24. (countable, uncountable) Excessive width of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper.
25. (countable, uncountable) The difference between the teams' final scores at the end of a sport match.
    • College basketball games don't lack for gambling propositions—the moneyline, a straightforward wager on which team will win; the over-under gamble on the total number of points scored by both teams—but the most popular wager is the spread. The spread represents the predicted difference between the two teams in the final score of the game. 2015 April 10, John Paul Rollert, “Vegas Odds”, in Harper's Magazine, New York, N.Y.: Harper's Magazine Foundation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2022:

Forms

Deriveds

spreadsheetlike (all parts of speech) · bespread (all parts of speech) · spreadly (all parts of speech) · spreadsheet (all parts of speech) · centerspread (all parts of speech) · antispreader (all parts of speech) · landspreading (all parts of speech) · spreadingness (all parts of speech) · spread out (all parts of speech) · spread spectrum communication (all parts of speech) · muck spreader (all parts of speech) · broadspread (all parts of speech) · unspread (all parts of speech) · spreadation (all parts of speech) · sandwich spread (all parts of speech) · outspreadingly (all parts of speech) · spreader (all parts of speech) · forespread (all parts of speech) · credit spread (all parts of speech) · nonspreadable (all parts of speech) · sea-floor spreading (all parts of speech) · misspread (all parts of speech) · spread the bed (all parts of speech) · despreading (all parts of speech) · spread oneself thin (all parts of speech) · spread-eagle (all parts of speech) · broadspreading (all parts of speech) · calendar spread (all parts of speech) · spread the word (all parts of speech) · spread bet (all parts of speech) · midspread (all parts of speech) · spreadsheeting (all parts of speech) · bandspread (all parts of speech) · bear spread (all parts of speech) · outspreading (all parts of speech) · community spread (all parts of speech) · cheese spread (all parts of speech) · forspread (all parts of speech) · spreadably (all parts of speech) · widespreadness (all parts of speech) · dispreader (all parts of speech) · spreadable (all parts of speech) · ribbon spread (all parts of speech) · muckspreader (all parts of speech) · overspreadeth (all parts of speech) · spread eagle (all parts of speech) · spreadeagling (all parts of speech) · double spread (all parts of speech) · spread limit (all parts of speech) · superspreader (all parts of speech) · bid-ask spread (all parts of speech) · re-spread (all parts of speech) · double-page spread (all parts of speech) · spreadingly (all parts of speech) · ratio spread (all parts of speech) · spark spread (all parts of speech) · center spread (all parts of speech) · spread like wildfire (all parts of speech) · spreadwing (all parts of speech) · flame spread (all parts of speech) · spreadeagle (all parts of speech) · widespread (all parts of speech) · spread it on thick (all parts of speech) · overspreading (all parts of speech) · spready (all parts of speech) · outspread (all parts of speech) · bespreading (all parts of speech) · spread one's net wide (all parts of speech) · dispread (all parts of speech) · respread (all parts of speech) · spreadability (all parts of speech) · despread (all parts of speech) · secretary spread (all parts of speech) · spraddle (all parts of speech) · unspreadable (all parts of speech) · spreadee (all parts of speech) · widerspread (all parts of speech) · underspread (all parts of speech) · spreading (all parts of speech) · TED spread (all parts of speech) · dispreading (all parts of speech) · time spread (all parts of speech) · wingspread (all parts of speech) · upspread (all parts of speech) · reverse ratio spread (all parts of speech) · seafloor spreading (all parts of speech) · spread-eagled (all parts of speech) · spread one's wings (all parts of speech) · Spreadhead (all parts of speech) · spreadboard (all parts of speech) · spreadest (all parts of speech) · middle-age spread (all parts of speech) · respreading (all parts of speech) · bedspread (all parts of speech) · spread operator (all parts of speech) · spreadeth (all parts of speech) · spread betting (all parts of speech) · spread syntax (all parts of speech) · photospread (all parts of speech) · aspread (all parts of speech) · wide-spread (all parts of speech) · spread one's legs (all parts of speech) · manspreading (all parts of speech) · diagonal spread (all parts of speech) · overspread (all parts of speech) · antispread (all parts of speech) · rune spread (all parts of speech) · cytospread (all parts of speech) · spreading gooseberry (all parts of speech) · spreadmart (all parts of speech) · spreadin' (all parts of speech) · chocolate spread (all parts of speech) · spread tail (all parts of speech) · spread oneself too thin (all parts of speech) · spreading elm (all parts of speech) · centre spread (all parts of speech) · overspreadest (all parts of speech)

Synonyms

swole · straddle

Translations (122)

ru распростране́ние (act of spreading) · el άλειμμα (food designed to be spread) · de Brotaufstrich (food designed to be spread) · tl pamahid (food designed to be spread) · cs hostina (large meal, especially one laid out on a table) · cs dvojstrana (two facing pages) · is breiða (expanse of land) · da festmåltid (large meal, especially one laid out on a table) · da spændvidde (numerical difference) · fi spread (trading: difference between bid price and asking price) · nl spread (trading: difference between bid price and asking price) · ru покрыва́ло (piece of material used as a cover) · sw eneza (large meal, especially one laid out on a table) · ru разворо́т (item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page) · he כְּפוּלָה (two facing pages) · sh namaz (food designed to be spread) · da omfang (numerical difference) · mk прекривка (piece of material used as a cover) · fi hintaero (finance: difference between the prices of two similar items) · bg поле (large tract of land used to raise livestock) · ja 見開き (two facing pages) · sw eneza (expanse of land) · is opna (two facing pages) · cs šíření (act of spreading) · uk поши́рення (act of spreading) · fi maa-alue (expanse of land) · fi aukeama (two facing pages) · fi levite (food designed to be spread) · ru па́ста (food designed to be spread) · da smørepålæg (food designed to be spread) · ja 拡散 (act of spreading) · tl palaman (food designed to be spread) · uk нама́зка (food designed to be spread) · de Aufstrich (food designed to be spread) · bg разширяване (act of spreading) · ja 展開 (act of spreading) · da opdækning (piece of material used as a cover) · sv tidningsuppslag (two facing pages) · sv bokuppslag (two facing pages) · fi levite (something that has been spread) · bg площ (expanse of land) · ru пи́ршество (large meal, especially one laid out on a table) · da opredning (piece of material used as a cover) · fi ostokurssin ja myyntikurssin ero (trading: difference between bid price and asking price) · da udbredelse (act of spreading) · id farak (finance: difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity) · id farak (trading: difference between bid price and asking price) · sv vidgning (act of spreading) · pt chimia (food designed to be spread) · he מִמְרָח (food designed to be spread) · es untadura (food designed to be spread) · cy taeniad (food designed to be spread) · da spredning (act of spreading) · fi levitys (act of spreading) · id farak (finance: purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity) · fr pâte à tartiner (food designed to be spread) · es propagación (act of spreading) · sw eneza (act of spreading) · de Brotaufstrich (something that has been spread) · id farak (finance: purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity) · cs pomazánka (food designed to be spread) · pl spread (trading: difference between bid price and asking price) · es alimento untable (food designed to be spread) · hu oldalpár (two facing pages) · sv uppslag (two facing pages) · fi marginaali (difference between the wholesale and retail prices) · ru нама́зка (food designed to be spread) · bg разтворен вестник (two facing pages) · bg разпространение (act of spreading) · fi spredi (trading: difference between bid price and asking price) · mk простирка (piece of material used as a cover) · fi karjatila (large tract of land used to raise livestock) · pl smarowidło (food designed to be spread) · uk розповсю́дження (act of spreading) · sw eneza (something that has been spread) · sw eneza (piece of material used as a cover) · fi levittäminen (act of spreading) · cs pohoštění (large meal, especially one laid out on a table) · ja 掛け (piece of material used as a cover) · cs rozšiřování (act of spreading) · mk на́маз (food designed to be spread) · ru простира́ние (act of spreading) · fi spredi (finance: difference between the prices of two similar items) · ru разворо́т (two facing pages) · fi kattaus (large meal, especially one laid out on a table) · mk т́рпеза (large meal, especially one laid out on a table) · ar اِنْتِشَار (act of spreading) · cmn 抹醬 /抹酱 (food designed to be spread) · it imbandigione (large meal, especially one laid out on a table) · fi peite (piece of material used as a cover) · no smørepålegg (food designed to be spread) · mk простирање (act of spreading) · es unto (food designed to be spread) · fi ero (numerical difference) · sw eneza (food designed to be spread) · sv (bredbart) pålägg (food designed to be spread) · ja 拡散 (something that has been spread) · eo sterni (act of spreading) · hrx Schmier (food designed to be spread) · nl spread (finance: purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity) · sw eneza (item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page) · da opdækning (large meal, especially one laid out on a table) · pt espalhamento (act of spreading) · ur پھیلاو (act of spreading) · mk простра́нство (expanse of land) · mk ширење (act of spreading) · nl pasta (food designed to be spread) · sw eneza (numerical difference) · sv mittuppslag (centerfold) (two facing pages) · bg обхват (numerical difference) · nl spread (food designed to be spread) · ms lepa (food designed to be spread) · bg трапеза (large meal, especially one laid out on a table) · id farak (finance: difference between the prices of two similar items) · sv spridning (numerical difference) · es untura (food designed to be spread) · fi spredi (finance: difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity) · txb sätkor (act of spreading) · bg покривало (piece of material used as a cover) · sv spridning (act of spreading) · ja 展開 (something that has been spread) · nl spread (two facing pages)

spread en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /spɹɛd/

Etymology

From Middle English spreden, from Old English sprǣdan (“to spread, expand”), from Proto-Germanic *spraidijaną (“to spread”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian spreede (“to spread”), West Frisian spriede (“to spread”), North Frisian spriedjen (“to spread”), Dutch spreiden (“to spread”), Low German spreden (“to spread”), German spreiten (“to spread, spread out”), Danish sprede (“to spread”), Norwegian spre, spreie (“to spread, disseminate”), Swedish sprida (“to spread”), Latin spernō, spargō, Ancient Greek σπείρω (speírō), Persian سپردن (sepordan, “to deposit”). Doublet of spurn.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
   • He spread his newspaper on the table.
2. (transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. simple past and past participle of spread
   • I spread my arms wide and welcomed him home.
3. (transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
   • I spread the rice grains evenly over the floor.
4. (intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
   • Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful. 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
   • I placed my hands on his cheeks, and this time, I kissed him. “Don't worry, I'm not going to let anything spoil our day. It's just you and me.” A sad smile spread across his face, and I could tell he wanted to believe me, but didn't. 2018 June 25, L.P. Dover, Going for the Hole, Books by L.P. Dover, LLC:
   • As the Erzurum affair indicated, the janissaries in the provinces and in the capital city were in close touch, and thus the movements were quick to spread to Istanbul. 2018, Pál Fodor, The Business of State. Ottoman Finance Administration and Ruling Elites in Transition (1580s–1615) (Studien zur Sprache, Geschichte und Kultur der Turkvölker; 28), Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag × De Gruyter, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, page 50:
5. (transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.
   • The missionaries quickly spread their new message across the country.
6. (intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.
   • I dropped my glass; the water spread quickly over the tiled floor.
7. (transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.
   • She liked to spread butter on her toast while it was still hot.
8. (transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.
   • He always spreads his toast with peanut butter and strawberry jam.
9. To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
   • And Enid brought sweet cakes to make them cheer, / And in her veil enfolded, manchet bread. / And then, because their hall must also serve / For kitchen, boil'd the flesh, and spread the board, / And stood behind, and waited on the three. 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 21:
   • to spread a table
10. (intransitive, slang) To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.
    • Yes I wore a slinky red thing. Does that mean I should spread for you, your friends, your father, Mr Ed? 1991, Tori Amos, Me and a Gun:
    • I don't want to move too fast, but / Can't resist your sexy ass / Just spread, spread for me; / (I can't, I can't wait to get you home) 2003, Outkast, "Spread" (from the album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below)
    • This often sounds like the rap of a demented DJ: the way she moves has got to be good news, can't get loose till I feel the juice— suck and spread, bitch, yeah bounce for me baby. 1984, Martin Amis, Money:

Forms

Synonyms

diffuse · sow · circulate · pervade · sweep · put about · sweep · suffuse · propagate · disseminate

Translations (339)

ota دوشهمك (to stretch out, expand) · sv sprida ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · pl rozsmarowywać (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · id menyebar (to disperse, scatter) · lt skleisti (to disperse, scatter) · hu szór (to stretch out, expand) · tl kumalat (to disperse, scatter) · zza vıla kerden (to stretch out, expand) · mi pāho ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated) · fi levittää (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · de verkündigen ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · sv vidga (to stretch out, expand) · mk намачкува (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · fa افشاندن (to disperse, scatter) · nl uitspreiden (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · da sprede (to disperse, scatter) · he זָרָה (to disperse, scatter) · pl podzielić (to stretch out, expand) · yue 搽 (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · fi levittää (to disperse, scatter) · tr yaymak ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · tl ikalat ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · it diffondere ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · nl uitsmeren (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · fur stierni (to stretch out, expand) · ru нама́зывать (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · mi koke ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated) · mi māroharoha (to stretch out, expand) · nl uitstrooien (to disperse, scatter) · gsw spräite (to disperse, scatter) · de (Schnitte) schmieren (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · sw enea (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · az yaxmaq (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · bg простирам се (to stretch out, expand) · fr s'étendre ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · bg намазвам (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · no utvide (to stretch out, expand) · ca escampar-se ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated) · tl lumaki ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · pt passar (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · ga scaip (to disperse, scatter) · da sprede ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · ja 開く (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · as বিয়পোৱা ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · no fordele (to stretch out, expand) · alt јайар (to stretch out, expand) · de spreizen (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · ja 開く (to stretch out, expand) · sv utsprida ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · sv sträcka (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · gl estender (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · de ausstreuen (to disperse, scatter) · de ausbreiten (to stretch out, expand) · ka ავრცელებს (to stretch out, expand) · ga leath (to disperse, scatter) · fr répandre ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · es esparcir (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · nl verspreiden (to stretch out, expand) · ja 散らす (to disperse, scatter) · gl estarricar (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · de sich verbreiten ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated) · az aralamaq (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · bg разтварям (to open one's legs especially for sexual favours) · eo disvastiĝi ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated) · th เผยแพร่ ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · es esparcir (to disperse, scatter) · bg разпръсквам (to disperse, scatter) · pl rozprzestrzeniać się ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · pt espalhar ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · zdj hwenea ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated) · az yaymaq ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · hy քսել (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · bg разтварям (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · sw sambaa (to disperse, scatter) · pt espalhar (to disperse, scatter) · cmn 傳開 /传开 ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated) · ja ばら撒く (to disperse, scatter) · mk расфрла (to disperse, scatter) · ru протяну́ть (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · de verteilen (to stretch out, expand) · ja 伸ばす (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · nl spreiden (to stretch out, expand) · de verbreiten (to disperse, scatter) · tl kumalat ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated) · ca escampar (to disperse, scatter) · cmn 塗抹 /涂抹 (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · pl rozprzestrzeniać się ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · pt estender (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · eo vastiĝi (to disperse, scatter) · grc στρώννυμι (to stretch out, expand) · mi māroha (to stretch out, expand) · it sparpagliare (to disperse, scatter) · ca estendre (to stretch out, expand) · hu terjed ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · inh даржа (to stretch out, expand) · ru раски́дывать (to disperse, scatter) · da fordele (to stretch out, expand) · cs namazat (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · hi पसारना (to stretch out, expand) · hu szétszór (to stretch out, expand) · ja 裂く (to stretch out, expand) · bho पसारल (to stretch out, expand) · jv nyebar (to disperse, scatter) · de verbreiten ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · th ถ่างขา (to open one's legs especially for sexual favours) · da smøre (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · fi sirottaa (to disperse, scatter) · mi kūwhera (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · gl espallarse ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated) · tr sürmek (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · da strø (to disperse, scatter) · nl stretchen (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · az yayılmaq ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · es dispersar (to disperse, scatter) · nl bestrijken (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · ru распространи́ть (to stretch out, expand) · he פָּרַשׂ (to stretch out, expand) · fr diffuser ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · de auftragen (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · th ถ่าง (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · tyz be (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · mk простира ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · de strecken (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · fi levitä ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · ckb بڵاوکردنەوە ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · he פישק (to open one's legs especially for sexual favours) · he הִתְפַּשֵּׁט ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · mk растура (to disperse, scatter) · ota یایمق (to stretch out, expand) · grc χωρέω ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated) · pt difundir (to disperse, scatter) · de ausbreiten ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · pl smarować (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · gl estenderse ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · lt išskleisti (to stretch out, expand) · fi hajottaa (to disperse, scatter) · cmn 擴散 /扩散 ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · gl espallar ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · enm spreden (to stretch out, expand) · he בָּזַק (to disperse, scatter) · mk шири (to open one's legs especially for sexual favours) · ro întinde (to stretch out, expand) · tr yaymak (to stretch out, expand) · bg разтеглям се ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · it diffondere ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · ro împrăștia (to disperse, scatter) · pl rozsmarować (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · fur stierni (to disperse, scatter) · cs šířit ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · da brede sig ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · da sprede (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · ru раздвига́ть (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · nl spreiden (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · cmn 散開 /散开 (to disperse, scatter) · mi huarapa ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · bg разширявам се ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · tl kumalat (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · sv sprida (to stretch out, expand) · sw kueneza ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · sa तनोति (to stretch out, expand) · ga scaoil (to stretch out, expand) · es untar (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · ms hampar (to stretch out, expand) · fr étaler (to stretch out, expand) · fi tasoittaa (to stretch out, expand) · mk раширува (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · it spalmare (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · az sürtmək (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · ja 広げる (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · ru развернуть (to stretch out, expand) · pt estender (to stretch out, expand) · sv sprida ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · th เหยียด (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · hu terjeszt ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · th แผ่ (to stretch out, expand) · he פִּזֵר (to disperse, scatter) · ca estendre (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · nl (zich) verspreiden ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · cmn 打開 /打开 (to stretch out, expand) · fr divulguer ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · de ausstrecken (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · mk поделува (to stretch out, expand) · ckb قاچ کردنەوە (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · ru распространя́ть ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · he מָרַח (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · cmn 撐開 /撑开 (to stretch out, expand) · ru распространи́ться ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · nl verbreiden (to stretch out, expand) · mi horapa (to disperse, scatter) · az yaymaq (to stretch out, expand) · cmn 分散 (to disperse, scatter) · zza sawen (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · id sebar (to disperse, scatter) · no spre (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · ko 다리를 벌리다 (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · sv sprida (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · cs rozšířit se ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · de sich ausdehnen ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · nl uitstrekken (to stretch out, expand) · mi tahora (to stretch out, expand) · nl uitbreiden ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · nl smeren (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · nl verbreiden (to disperse, scatter) · cmn 傳遍 /传遍 ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · ja 広がる ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · sv sprida (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · fr éparpiller (to disperse, scatter) · mk се распространува ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · pt alastrar ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · tl ikalat (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · as বিয়পা ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated) · cmn 傳揚 /传扬 ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · it spartire (to stretch out, expand) · sv bre (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · th ระบาด ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated) · mi urutā ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · ro așterne (to stretch out, expand) · th กาง (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · sv skingra (to disperse, scatter) · es pregonar ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · as বিয়পা ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · mi kūwhera (to open one's legs especially for sexual favours) · ka უსვამს (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · pt espalhar (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · nl verspreiden ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · fr se propager ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated) · uk поши́рювати (to stretch out, expand) · fi levittää ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · ru распространя́ть (to stretch out, expand) · ru раздви́нуть (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · ru распространя́ться ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · de verstreuen (to disperse, scatter) · cmn 張開 /张开 (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · ga leathnaigh ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated) · ga spréigh (to disperse, scatter) · de spreizen (to open one's legs especially for sexual favours) · tl kumalat (to stretch out, expand) · da sprede sig ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · mi koke (to disperse, scatter) · bg разпространявам се ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated) · he הפיץ ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · th แผ่ออก ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · nl vergroten ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · th กระจาย (to disperse, scatter) · mk мачка (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · pl rozłożyć (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · tl kumalat (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · bg мажа (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · mk шири (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · sw enea (to disperse, scatter) · ru распространять (to disperse, scatter) · ang sprǣdan (to stretch out, expand) · sw enea (to stretch out, expand) · he הִתְפַּשֵּׁט ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated) · fi levittää (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · io difuzar (to disperse, scatter) · ms sebar ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · cmn 散布 (to disperse, scatter) · uk розповсю́джувати (to stretch out, expand) · fr propager ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · mk размачкува (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · bg разпространявам ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · cmn 攤開 /摊开 (to stretch out, expand) · ckb بڵاوکردنەوە (to disperse, scatter) · es difundir ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · de sich ausbreiten ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · de bestreichen (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · da udbrede ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · ru растянуть (to stretch out, expand) · nl verwijden ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · ru распространи́ть ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · de verteilen (über) (to disperse, scatter) · eo disvastigi ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · hu ken (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · eo etendiĝi ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · ce даржа (to stretch out, expand) · it spargere (to disperse, scatter) · gl espallar (to disperse, scatter) · fi levittää (to stretch out, expand) · mi pani (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · de ausbreiten ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · ru протя́гивать (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · pt se espalhar ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · gl estender (to stretch out, expand) · fr se répandre ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated) · es cundir ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated) · ar نَشَرَ ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · bg ширя се (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · ru раздви́нуть (to open one's legs especially for sexual favours) · he פָּשַׁט (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · fr écarter (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · pt se alastrar ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · nl verbreiden ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · da udvide (to stretch out, expand) · nl uitbreiden (to stretch out, expand) · cmn 舒展 (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · sv fördela} (to stretch out, expand) · nl verspreiden (to disperse, scatter) · it diffondere (to disperse, scatter) · mk се простира ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · ru нама́зать (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · he פָּשַׁט ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated) · az açmaq (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · eo ŝmiri (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · nl uitstrekken (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · lt paskleisti (to disperse, scatter) · cs šířit se ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · sv sprida (to disperse, scatter) · ar نَشَرَ (to disperse, scatter) · fr se répandre ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · nl strekken (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · pl rozprzestrzeniać ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · enm breden (to stretch out, expand) · hu terít (to stretch out, expand) · sw enea ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · cmn 宣傳 /宣传 ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · nl verbreden ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · la pandō (to stretch out, expand) · it allargare (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) · la sternō (to stretch out, expand) · fr répandre (to disperse, scatter) · mk премачкува (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · cmn 塗 /涂 (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · tr yayılmak ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · gl untar (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · cmn 傳播 /传播 ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · es esparcir ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · de beschmieren (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · ru раскида́ть (to disperse, scatter) · hu szétterít (to stretch out, expand) · fr tartiner (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · ja 塗る (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · mk распространува ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · cmn 蔓延 ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) · fr étaler (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · sv breda (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) · fr disperser (to disperse, scatter) · ja 広げる ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) · nl besmeren (to smear, distribute in a thin layer)

spread en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• sprēd (UK)
• /spɹid/ (General-American)
• /spɹiːd/ (UK)

Etymology

Blend of speed + read.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:debating slang) An act or instance of spreading (speedreading).
   • It's one L ur chillin just keep practicing read the ballets figure what you did wrong and practice with improvements in mind, get better at spreads and k theory debates. 2023 February 27, u/Objective-Sugar8720, “Bad tournament, how do I cope?”, in Reddit, r/Debate, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2023:
   • If debate is a game, then the execution of a "spread" is like a well-timed blitz in football. Convincing a judge that your opponents' arguments would cause human extinction is equivalent to a successful Hail Mary pass. 2017 September 26, Jack McCordick, “The Corrosion of High School Debate—And How It Mirrors American Politics”, in America, New York, N.Y.: America Press Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2023:

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spreading

spread en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• sprēd (UK)
• /spɹid/ (General-American)
• /spɹiːd/ (UK)

Etymology

Blend of speed + read.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, qualifier:debating slang, transitive) To speedread; to recite one's arguments at an extremely fast pace.
   • In my first year on the circuit, I learned to spread and did decently well. I won most of my rounds, not that I could tell you how I did it. 2022 September, Tess McNulty, “Both Sides Now”, in Harper's Magazine, New York, N.Y.: Harper's Magazine Foundation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2023:
   • You're assuming that if someone spreads they aren't a good orator. That's flawed logic. 2022 July 8, u/chromantical, “spreading is cringe and should be stopped”, in Reddit, r/Debate, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2023:

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