spread
//spɹɛd//
Forms
- present (v1)
- spread
- past (v2)
- spread
- past participle (v3)
- spread
- present participle
- spreading
- 3rd person singular
- spreads
- Plural
- spreads
Definitions
1.To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
- He spread his newspaper on the table.
2.To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
- I spread the rice grains evenly over the floor.
3.To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
- As the Erzurum affair indicated, the janissaries in the provinces and in the capital city were in close touch, and thus the movements were quick to spread to Istanbul.
4.To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. simple past and past participle of spread
- I spread my arms wide and welcomed him home.
1.A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.
2.An expanse of land.
3.The act of spreading.
4.Something that has been spread.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1587
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
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Etymology
From Middle English spreden, from Old English sprǣdan (“to spread, expand”), from Proto-Germanic *spraidijaną (“to spread”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”).