span

span is a 4-letter English word with 18 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: imp. & p. p. of Spin. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. imp. & p. p. of Spin.
2. transitive verb. The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.
3. transitive verb. Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time.
4. transitive verb. The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its supports.
5. transitive verb. A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.
6. transitive verb. A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.
7. transitive verb. To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder.
8. transitive verb. To reach from one side of to the order; to stretch over as an arch.
9. transitive verb. To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.
10. intransitive verb. To be matched, as horses.
11. past tense. of Spin
12. noun. the act of sitting or standing astride

    Synonyms: straddle

13. noun. a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

    Synonyms: bridge

14. noun. the distance or interval between two points
15. noun. a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
16. noun. two items of the same kind

    Synonyms: brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, twain, twosome, yoke

17. noun. the complete duration of something

    "the job was finished in the span of an hour"

18. verb. to cover or extend over an area or time period, "The parking lot spans 3 acres"

    "Rivers traverse the valley floor"

    "The novel spans three centuries"

    Synonyms: cross, sweep, traverse

Synonyms

straddle, bridge, brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, twain, twosome, yoke, cross, sweep, traverse

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in span:

naps, pans, snap

Common word forms

spans, spaned, spaning, spanned, spanner, spanless, spanning

Words from these letters

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