Definition of spread

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Spread (v. i.) To extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only; to be extended or stretched; to expand..

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Epidemical :: Epidemical (a.) Common to, or affecting at the same time, a large number in a community; -- applied to a disease which, spreading widely, attacks many persons at the same time; as, an epidemic disease; an epidemic catarrh, fever, etc. See Endemic..
General :: General (a.) Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread; prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general opinion; a general custom..
Flush :: Flush (v. i.) To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face..
Expatiate :: Expatiate (v. t.) To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.
Overgloom :: Overgloom (v. t.) To spread gloom over; to make gloomy; to overshadow.
Palmated :: Palmated (a.) Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers..
Hastated :: Hastated (n.) Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf..
Smear :: Smear (n.) To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil..
Broadspreading :: Broadspreading (a.) Spreading widely.
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..
Illuminati :: Illuminati (v. t.) Members of certain associations in Modern Europe, who combined to promote social reforms, by which they expected to raise men and society to perfection, esp. of one originated in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt, professor of canon law at Ingolstadt, which spread rapidly for a time, but ceased after a few years..
Strewing :: Strewing (n.) The act of scattering or spreading.
Erecto-patent :: Erecto-patent (a.) Standing partially spread and erect; -- said of the wings of certain insects.
Induce :: Induce (v. t.) To draw on; to overspread.
Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
Canker :: Canker (n.) A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma..
Disseminate :: Disseminate (v. t. & i.) To spread or extend by dispersion.
Bermuda Grass :: Bermuda grass () A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass..
Run :: Run (a.) To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing..
Rivet :: Rivet (v. t.) To spread out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin, rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing, so as to form a sort of head..
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