Definition of spread

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Spread (v. i.) To be extended by drawing or beating; as, some metals spread with difficulty..

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Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint..
Spread :: Spread (v. t.) 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.
Overcloud :: Overcloud (v. t.) To cover or overspread with clouds; to becloud; to overcast.
Diffusivity :: Diffusivity (n.) Tendency to become diffused; tendency, as of heat, to become equalized by spreading through a conducting medium..
Propagable :: Propagable (a.) Capable of being spread or extended by any means; -- said of tenets, doctrines, or principles..
Lichen :: Lichen (n.) A name given to several varieties of skin disease, esp. to one characterized by the eruption of small, conical or flat, reddish pimples, which, if unchecked, tend to spread and produce great and even fatal exhaustion..
Circumfusile :: Circumfusile (a.) Capable of being poured or spread round.
Spread :: Spread (v. i.) To be extended by drawing or beating; as, some metals spread with difficulty..
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..
Patulous :: Patulous (a.) Open; expanded; slightly spreading; having the parts loose or dispersed; as, a patulous calyx; a patulous cluster of flowers..
Induce :: Induce (v. t.) To draw on; to overspread.
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..
Dishevel :: Dishevel (v. t.) To spread loosely or disorderly.
Display :: Display (v. t.) To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the sight, or to the mind; to make manifest..
Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To spread under a roller or rolling-pin; as, the paste rolls well..
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..
Broad-horned :: Broad-horned (a.) Having horns spreading widely.
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..
Seminate :: Seminate (v. t.) To sow; to spread; to propagate.
Strew :: Strew (v. t.) To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave..
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