Spread vs. Spreaded
Spreadverb
(transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
Spreadverb
(transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions.
Spreadverb
(transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
Spreadverb
(intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
Spreadverb
(transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.
Spreadverb
(intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.
Spreadverb
(transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.
Spreadverb
(transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.
Spreadverb
To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
Spreadverb
To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.
Spreadnoun
The act of spreading.
Spreadnoun
Something that has been spread.
Spreadnoun
(cartomancy) A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.
Spreadnoun
An expanse of land.
Spreadnoun
A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.
Spreadnoun
A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
Spreadnoun
A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
Spreadnoun
(bread, etc.) Any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams.
Spreadnoun
Food improvised by inmates from various ingredients to relieve the tedium of prison food.
Spreadnoun
An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
Spreadnoun
Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.
Spreadnoun
A numerical difference.
Spreadnoun
The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
Spreadnoun
The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
Spreadnoun
The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.
Spreadnoun
The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.
Spreadnoun
(trading) An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.
Spreadnoun
(trading) The difference between bidding and asking price.
Spreadnoun
(finance) The difference between the prices of two similar items.
Spreadnoun
(geometry) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
Spreadnoun
The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.
Spreadverb
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.
Spreadverb
To extend so as to cover something; to extend to a great or greater extent in every direction; to cause to fill or cover a wide or wider space.
Spreadverb
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 accompanied by abroad.
Spreadverb
To propagate; to cause to affect great numbers; as, to spread a disease.
Spreadverb
To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia; to emit; as, odoriferous plants spread their fragrance.
Spreadverb
To strew; to scatter over a surface; as, to spread manure; to spread lime on the ground.
Spreadverb
To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to spread a table.
Spreadverb
To extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only; to be extended or stretched; to expand.
Spreadverb
To be extended by drawing or beating; as, some metals spread with difficulty.
Spreadverb
To be made known more extensively, as news.
Spreadverb
To be propagated from one to another; as, the disease spread into all parts of the city.
Spreadnoun
Extent; compass.
Spreadnoun
Expansion of parts.
Spreadnoun
A cloth used as a cover for a table or a bed.
Spreadnoun
A table, as spread or furnished with a meal; hence, an entertainment of food; a feast.
Spreadnoun
A privilege which one person buys of another, of demanding certain shares of stock at a certain price, or of delivering the same shares of stock at another price, within a time agreed upon.
Spreadnoun
An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
Spreadnoun
An arbitrage transaction operated by buying and selling simultaneously in two separate markets, as Chicago and New York, when there is an abnormal difference in price between the two markets. It is called a back spreadwhen the difference in price is less than the normal one.
Spreadnoun
Surface in proportion to the depth of a cut stone.
Spread
imp. & p. p. of Spread, v.
Spreadnoun
process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
Spreadnoun
a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures;
Spreadnoun
farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
Spreadnoun
a haphazard distribution in all directions
Spreadnoun
a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers
Spreadnoun
a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed;
Spreadnoun
two facing pages of a book or other publication
Spreadnoun
the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age);
Spreadnoun
decorative cover for a bed
Spreadnoun
act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
Spreadverb
distribute or disperse widely;
Spreadverb
become distributed or widespread;
Spreadverb
spread across or over;
Spreadverb
spread out or open from a closed or folded state;
Spreadverb
cause to become widely known;
Spreadverb
become widely known and passed on;
Spreadverb
strew or distribute over an area;
Spreadverb
move outward;
Spreadverb
cover by spreading something over;
Spreadverb
distribute over a surface in a layer;
Spreadadjective
distributed or spread over a considerable extent;
Spreadadjective
prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out;
Spreadadjective
fully extended in width;
Spreadverb
open out (something) so as to extend its surface area, width, or length
Spreadverb
stretch out (arms, legs, hands, fingers, or wings) so that they are far apart
Spreadverb
extend over a large or increasing area
Spreadverb
(of a group of people) move apart so as to cover a wider area
Spreadverb
distribute or disperse (something) over an area
Spreadverb
gradually reach or cause to reach a wider area or more people
Spreadverb
(of people, animals, or plants) become distributed over a large or larger area
Spreadverb
distribute in a specified way
Spreadverb
apply (a substance) to an object or surface in an even layer
Spreadverb
cover (a surface) with a substance in an even layer
Spreadverb
be able to be applied in an even layer
Spreadverb
lay (a table) for a meal.
Spreadnoun
the fact or process of spreading over an area
Spreadnoun
the extent, width, or area covered by something
Spreadnoun
the wingspan of a bird
Spreadnoun
an expanse or amount of something
Spreadnoun
a large farm or ranch.
Spreadnoun
the range or variety of something
Spreadnoun
the difference between two rates or prices
Spreadnoun
short for point spread
Spreadnoun
a soft paste that can be applied in a layer to bread or other food
Spreadnoun
an article or advertisement covering several columns or pages of a newspaper or magazine, especially one on two facing pages
Spreadnoun
a large and impressively elaborate meal
Spreadnoun
a bedspread
Spreadedverb
(nonstandard) spread
