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

1. past tense & past participle. of Spread
2. transitive 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.
3. transitive 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.
4. transitive 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.
5. transitive verb. To propagate; to cause to affect great numbers; as, to spread a disease.
6. transitive verb. To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia; to emit; as, odoriferous plants spread their fragrance.
7. transitive verb. To strew; to scatter over a surface; as, to spread manure; to spread lime on the ground.
8. transitive verb. To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to spread a table.
9. intransitive verb. To extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only; to be extended or stretched; to expand.
10. intransitive verb. To be extended by drawing or beating; as, some metals spread with difficulty.
11. intransitive verb. To be made known more extensively, as news.
12. intransitive verb. To be propagated from one to another; as, the disease spread into all parts of the city.
13. noun. Extent; compass.
14. noun. Expansion of parts.
15. noun. A cloth used as a cover for a table or a bed.
16. noun. A table, as spread or furnished with a meal; hence, an entertainment of food; a feast.
17. noun. 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.
18. noun. An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
19. imp. & p. p. of Spread, v.
20. noun. act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time

    Synonyms: spreading

21. noun. decorative cover for a bed

    Synonyms: bedcover, bedspread, counterpane

22. noun. farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)

    Synonyms: ranch

23. noun. a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures

    "gap between income and outgo"

    "the spread between lending and borrowing costs"

    Synonyms: gap

24. noun. a haphazard distribution in all directions

    Synonyms: scatter

25. noun. the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age)

    "she exercised to avoid that middle-aged spread"

26. noun. two facing pages of a book or other publication

    Synonyms: spreadhead

27. noun. process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

    Synonyms: spreading

28. noun. a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed

    "a banquet for the graduating seniors"

    "the Thanksgiving feast"

    Synonyms: banquet, feast

29. noun. a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes

    Synonyms: paste

30. verb. cause to become widely known

    "spread information"

    "circulate a rumor"

    Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, propagate

31. verb. become widely known and passed on

    "the rumor spread"

    "the story went around in the office"

    Synonyms: circulate

32. verb. distribute or disperse widely

    "The invaders spread their language all over the country"

    Synonyms: distribute

33. verb. become distributed or widespread

    "the infection spread"

    "Optimism spread among the population"

    Synonyms: propagate

34. verb. spread out or open from a closed or folded state

    "open the map"

    "spread your arms"

    Synonyms: open, unfold

35. verb. distribute over a surface in a layer

    "spread cheese on a piece of bread"

36. verb. cover by spreading something over

    "spread the bread with cheese"

37. verb. move outward

    "The soldiers fanned out"

    Synonyms: diffuse

38. verb. strew or distribute over an area

    "He spread fertilizer over the lawn"

    "scatter cards across the table"

    Synonyms: scatter

39. verb. spread across or over

    "A big oil spot spread across the water"

    Synonyms: overspread

40. adjective. distributed or spread over a considerable extent

    "has ties with many widely dispersed friends"

    "eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe"

    Synonyms: dispersed

41. adjective. fully extended in width

    "outspread wings"

    "with arms spread wide"

    Synonyms: outspread

42. adjective. prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out

    "a table spread with food"

Synonyms

spreading, bedcover, bedspread, counterpane, ranch, gap, scatter, spreadhead, banquet, feast, paste, broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, propagate, open, unfold, overspread, dispersed

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in spread:

drapes, padres, parsed, rasped, spader, spared

Common word forms

spreads, spreaded, spreader, spreading, spreadable

Words from these letters

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