Definition of spread

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Spread (v. t.) To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to spread a table..

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Overspread :: Overspread (v. t.) To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the earth..
Cosmopolite :: Cosmopolite (a.) Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of the world.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree..
Seminate :: Seminate (v. t.) To sow; to spread; to propagate.
Suffusion :: Suffusion (n.) The act or process of suffusing, or state of being suffused; an overspreading..
Expand :: Expand (v. i.) To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy..
Spectrum :: Spectrum (n.) The several colored and other rays of which light is composed, separated by the refraction of a prism or other means, and observed or studied either as spread out on a screen, by direct vision, by photography, or otherwise. See Illust. of Light, and Spectroscope..
Toil :: Toil (n.) A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural..
Spread :: Spread (n.) Expansion of parts.
Smooth :: Smooth (superl.) Evenly spread or arranged; sleek; as, smooth hair..
Couch :: Couch (v. t.) A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt..
Spread :: Spread (v. t.) 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..
Branch :: Branch (v. i.) To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.
Expansion :: Expansion (n.) The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.
Spread :: Spread (v. t.) 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..
Supplicate :: Supplicate (v. t.) To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel..
Diverge :: Diverge (v. i.) To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun..
Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax..
Outspread :: Outspread (v. t.) To spread out; to expand; -- usually as a past part. / adj.
Spread :: Spread (v. i.) To be extended by drawing or beating; as, some metals spread with difficulty..
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