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Spread :: Spread (v. i.) To be propagated from one to another; as, the disease spread into all parts of the city..

Widespread :: Widespread (a.) Spread to a great distance; widely extended; extending far and wide; as, widespread wings; a widespread movement..

Foliate :: Foliate (v. t.) To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass..

Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings..

Propagate :: Propagate (v. t.) To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate; as, to propagate a story or report; to propagate the Christian religion..

Squarroso-dentate :: Squarrose (a.) Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; -- said of a shell..

Strewing :: Strew (v. t.) To spread abroad; to disseminate.

Multiply :: Multiply (v. i.) To increase in extent and influence; to spread.

Dilated :: Dilated (a.) Having the margin wide and spreading.

Straw :: Straw (v. t.) To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow..

Hastated :: Hastated (n.) Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf..

Sprag :: Spradde () imp. of Spread.

Expand :: Expand (v. t.) To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence..

Straggler :: Straggler (n.) Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth..

Deploy :: Deploy (v. t. & i.) To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the reverse of ploy; as, to deploy a column of troops into line of battle..

Overspread :: Overspread (v. t.) To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the earth..

Plaster :: Plaster (n.) An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster..

Rumorer :: Rumorer (n.) A teller of news; especially, one who spreads false reports..

Unrumple :: Unrumple (v. t.) To free from rumples; to spread or lay even,.

Invade :: Invade (v. t.) To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue..

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