Dictionary Entry
spread
spread is a 6-letter English word with 42 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Spread. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 42 senses
Definitions
- 1past tense & past participle
of Spread
- 2transitive verb
To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only; to stretch or expand to a broad or broader surface or extent; to open; to unfurl; as, to spread a carpet; to spread a tent or a sail.
- 3transitive verb
To extend so as to cover something; to extend to a great or grater extent in every direction; to cause to fill or cover a wide or wider space.
- 4transitive verb
To divulge; to publish, as news or fame; to cause to be more extensively known; to disseminate; to make known fully; as, to spread a report; -- often acompanied by abroad.
- 5transitive verb
To propagate; to cause to affect great numbers; as, to spread a disease.
- 6transitive verb
To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia; to emit; as, odoriferous plants spread their fragrance.
- 7transitive verb
To strew; to scatter over a surface; as, to spread manure; to spread lime on the ground.
- 8transitive verb
To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to spread a table.
- 9intransitive verb
To extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only; to be extended or stretched; to expand.
- 10intransitive verb
To be extended by drawing or beating; as, some metals spread with difficulty.
- 11intransitive verb
To be made known more extensively, as news.
- 12intransitive verb
To be propagated from one to another; as, the disease spread into all parts of the city.
- 13noun
Extent; compass.
- 14noun
Expansion of parts.
- 15noun
A cloth used as a cover for a table or a bed.
- 16noun
A table, as spread or furnished with a meal; hence, an entertainment of food; a feast.
- 17noun
A privilege which one person buys of another, of demanding certain shares of stock at a certain price, or of delivering the same shares of stock at another price, within a time agreed upon.
- 18noun
An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
- 19
imp. & p. p. of Spread, v.
- 20noun
act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
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- 21noun
decorative cover for a bed
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- 22noun
farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
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- 23noun
a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
"gap between income and outgo"
"the spread between lending and borrowing costs"
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- 24noun
a haphazard distribution in all directions
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- 25noun
the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age)
"she exercised to avoid that middle-aged spread"
- 26noun
two facing pages of a book or other publication
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- 27noun
process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
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- 28noun
a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed
"a banquet for the graduating seniors"
"the Thanksgiving feast"
- 29noun
a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
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- 30verb
cause to become widely known
"spread information"
"circulate a rumor"
- 31verb
become widely known and passed on
"the rumor spread"
"the story went around in the office"
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- 32verb
distribute or disperse widely
"The invaders spread their language all over the country"
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- 33verb
become distributed or widespread
"the infection spread"
"Optimism spread among the population"
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- 34verb
spread out or open from a closed or folded state
"open the map"
"spread your arms"
- 35verb
distribute over a surface in a layer
"spread cheese on a piece of bread"
- 36verb
cover by spreading something over
"spread the bread with cheese"
- 37verb
move outward
"The soldiers fanned out"
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- 38verb
strew or distribute over an area
"He spread fertilizer over the lawn"
"scatter cards across the table"
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- 39verb
spread across or over
"A big oil spot spread across the water"
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- 40adjective
distributed or spread over a considerable extent
"has ties with many widely dispersed friends"
"eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe"
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- 41adjective
fully extended in width
"outspread wings"
"with arms spread wide"
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- 42adjective
prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out
"a table spread with food"
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