v. |
[1] |
spread out
,
diffuse
,
distribute
,
disperse
,
disseminate
,
broadcast
,
sow
,
scatter
,
strew
,
shed
,
dispel
,
dissipate
|
[2] |
spread about/around
,
broadcast
,
publicize
,
make known
,
bruit about
,
air
,
televise
,
circulate
,
publish
,
distribute
,
disseminate
,
trumpet
,
announce
,
pronounce
,
promulgate
,
advertise
,
enounce
,
make public
,
tell the world
,
herald
,
repeat
,
recite
|
[3] |
spread out
,
unfold
,
draw out
,
display
,
stretch out
,
open out
,
extend
,
lay out
,
fan out
,
unroll
,
unfurl
|
[4] |
spread out
,
stretch (out)
,
extend
,
protract
,
prolong
,
drag out
,
distribute
,
disperse
|
[5] |
spread out
,
stretch
,
extend
,
separate
,
put apart/out
,
part
|
[6] |
grow
,
develop
,
increase
,
broaden
,
expand
,
extend
,
widen
,
enlarge
,
mushroom
,
proliferate
,
sprawl
,
branch out
,
metastasize
|
[7] |
smear
,
apply
,
smooth
,
put
,
rub
,
cover
,
layer
,
plaster
,
plate
,
coat
,
wash
,
glaze
,
paint
,
varnish
,
overlay
,
overspread
,
cloak
,
mantle
,
swaddle
,
wrap
,
blanket
|
[8] |
distribute
|
[9] |
propagate
|
[10] |
overspread
|
[11] |
unfold
,
spread out
,
open
|
[12] |
circulate
,
circularize
,
circularise
,
distribute
,
disseminate
,
propagate
,
broadcast
,
diffuse
,
disperse
,
pass around
|
[13] |
go around
,
circulate
|
[14] |
scatter
,
spread out
|
[15] |
diffuse
,
spread out
,
fan out
|
|
n. |
[1] |
spreading
|
[2] |
gap
|
[3] |
ranch
,
cattle ranch
,
cattle farm
|
[4] |
scatter
|
[5] |
paste
|
[6] |
banquet
,
feast
|
[7] |
spread head
,
spreadhead
,
facing pages
|
[8] |
spreading
,
extension
,
extending
,
expansion
,
expanding
,
enlargement
,
enlarging
,
development
,
developing
,
increase
,
increasing
,
proliferation
,
proliferating
,
broadening
,
growth
,
widening
,
mushrooming
,
dispersion
,
dispersal
,
dispersing
,
dissemination
,
disseminating
,
distribution
,
distributing
,
dispensation
,
dispensing
|
[9] |
extent
,
bedspread
,
bedcover
,
expanse
,
area
,
bed cover
,
bed covering
,
span
,
sweep
,
counterpane
,
vastness
,
stretch
,
reach
,
breadth
,
depth
,
size
,
dimensions
,
compass
,
limits
,
bounds
,
boundary/boundaries
|
[10] |
range
,
spreading
,
extent
,
scope
,
span
,
difference
|
[11] |
feast
,
banquet
,
meal
,
dinner
,
repast
,
barbecue
,
table
,
(Colloq) feed
|
[12] |
butter
,
margarine
,
jam
,
jelly
,
preserve
,
conserve
,
confiture
,
paste
,
(US) (Old-fashioned) oleo
|
[13] |
ranch
,
landholding
,
holding
,
property
,
place
,
plantation
,
farm
,
homestead
,
place
|
[14] |
bedspread
,
counterpane
,
coverlet
,
bed-cover
,
cover
,
quilt
,
eiderdown
,
duvet
,
afghan
,
(US) comforter
,
(US/Canadian) throw
|
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