Process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space.

synonym: spreading.

Roget 35: increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension; dilatation etc. (expansion) 194; increment, accretion; accession etc. 37; development, growth; aggrandizement, aggravation; rise; ascent etc. 305; exaggeration exacerbation; spread etc. (dispersion) 73; flood tide; gain, produce, product, profit.    ... show more

Roget 73: dispersion; disjunction etc. 44; divergence etc. 291; aspersion; scattering etc. v.; dissemination, diffusion, dissipation, distribution; apportionment etc. 786; spread, respersion^†, circumfusion^†, interspersion, spargefaction^†; affusion^†.    waifs and estrays^†, flotsam and jetsam, disjecta membra [Lat.], [Horace]; waveson^†.    ... show more

Roget 180: space, extension, extent, superficial extent, expanse, stretch, hyperspace; room, scope, range, field, way, expansion, compass, sweep, swing, spread.    dimension, length etc. 200; distance etc. 196; size etc. 192; volume; hypervolume.    latitude, play, leeway, purchase, tolerance, room for maneuver.    spare room, elbow room, house room; stowage, roomage^†, margin; opening, sphere, arena.    open space, free space; void etc. (absence) 187; waste; wildness, wilderness; moor, moorland; campagna^†.    abyss etc. (interval) 198; unlimited space; infinity etc. 105; world; ubiquity etc. (presence) 186; length and breadth of the land.    proportions, acreage; acres, acres and perches, roods and perches, hectares, square miles; square inches, square yards, square centimeters, square meters, yards (clothing) &c.; ares, arpents^†.    ... show more

Roget 194: expansion; increase of size etc. 35; enlargement, extension, augmentation; amplification, ampliation^†; aggrandizement, spread, increment, growth, development, pullulation, swell, dilation, rarefaction; turgescence^†, turgidness, turgidity; dispansion^†; obesity etc. (size) 192; hydrocephalus, hydrophthalmus [Med.]; dropsy, tumefaction, intumescence, swelling, tumor, diastole, distension; puffing, puffiness; inflation; pandiculation^†.    dilatability, expansibility.    germination, growth, upgrowth^†; accretion etc. 35; budding, gemmation^†.    overgrowth, overdistension^†; hypertrophy, tympany^†.    bulb etc. (convexity) 250; plumper; superiority of size.    [expansion of the universe] big bang; Hubble constant.    ... show more

Dutch: verstuiving
Polish: poszerzenie się, rozprzestrzenienie się, rozszerzenie się

A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures:
— The spread between lending and borrowing costs.

synonym: gap.

Polish: luka, wyrwa, dziura

Farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle).

synonyms: cattle farm, cattle ranch, ranch.

Dutch: landgoed, veefokkerij, farm, ranch, rancho, veehouderij
Polish: ranczo, rancho

A haphazard distribution in all directions.

synonym: scatter.

A tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes.

synonym: paste.

Polish: pasta

A meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed:
— They put out quite a spread.

synonyms: banquet, feast.

Roget 298: eating etc. v.; deglutition, gulp, epulation^†, mastication, manducation^†, rumination; gluttony etc. 957.    [eating specific foods] hippophagy^†, ichthyophagy^†.    [Eating anatomy:] (appetite) etc. 865; mouth, jaws, mandible, mazard^†, gob [Slang], chops.    drinking etc. v.; potation, draught, libation; carousal etc. (amusement) 840; drunkenness etc. 959.    food, pabulum; aliment, nourishment, nutriment; sustenance, sustentation, sustention; nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board; commissariat etc. (provision) 637; prey, forage, pasture, pasturage; fare, cheer; diet, dietary; regimen; belly timber, staff of life; bread, bread and cheese.    comestibles, eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta; grub, grubstake, prog^†, meat; bread, bread stuffs; cerealia^†; cereals; viands, cates^†, delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder, fleshpots; festal board; ambrosia; good cheer, good living.    beef, bisquit^†, bun; cornstarch [U.S.]; cookie, cooky [U.S.]; cracker, doughnut; fatling^†; hardtack, hoecake [U.S.], hominy [U.S.]; mutton, pilot bread; pork; roti^†, rusk, ship biscuit; veal; joint, piece de resistance [Fr.], roast and boiled; remove, entremet^†, releve [Fr.], hash, rechauffe [Fr.], stew, ragout, fricassee, mince; pottage, potage^†, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat^†; pie, pasty, volauvent^†; pudding, omelet; pastry; sweets etc. 296; kickshaws^†; condiment etc. 393.    appetizer, hors d'oeuvre [Fr.].    main course, entree.    alligator pear, apple &c., apple slump; artichoke; ashcake^†, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack; atole^†, avocado, banana, beche de mer [Fr.], barbecue, beefsteak; beet root; blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli^†, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey [U.S.]; chowder, chupatty^†, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty^†, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis^†, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash [U.S.], supawn [U.S.], trepang^†, vanilla, waffle, walnut.    table, cuisine, bill of fare, menu, table d'hote [Fr.], ordinary, entree.    meal, repast, feed, spread; mess; dish, plate, course; regale; regalement^†, refreshment, entertainment; refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket; breakfast; lunch, luncheon; dejeuner [Fr.], bever^†, tiffin^†, dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet, bait, dessert; potluck, table d'hote [Fr.], dejeuner a la fourchette [Fr.]; hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal; blowout [Slang]; light refreshment; bara^†, chotahazri^†; bara khana^†.    mouthful, bolus, gobbet^†, morsel, sop, sippet^†.    drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup; potion, dram, draught, drench, swill [Slang]; nip, sip, sup, gulp.    wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo^†, heavy wet; grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus^†, cup, bishop, wassail; gin etc. (intoxicating liquor) 959; coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates; bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer^†; Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep [U.S.]; near beer, 3.   2 beer, non-alcoholic beverage.    eating house etc. 189.    [person who eats] diner; hippophage; glutton etc. 957.    ... show more

Dutch: banket, feestmaal, festijn, koningsmaal

Two facing pages of a book or other publication.

synonyms: facing pages, spread head, spreadhead.

The expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age).

Decorative cover for a bed.

synonyms: bed cover, bed covering, bedcover, bedspread, counterpane.

Dutch: bedsprei, beddensprei, beddesprei, sprei
Polish: przykrycie, nakrycie, okrycie

Act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time.

synonym: spreading.

Dutch: spreiding
Polish: rozprzestrzenianie

Distribute or disperse widely:
— The invaders spread their language all over the country.

synonym: distribute.

Roget 35: increase, augment, add to, enlarge; dilate etc. (expand) 194; grow, wax, get ahead.    gain strength; advance; run up, shoot up; rise; ascend etc. 305; sprout etc. 194.    aggrandize; raise, exalt; deepen, heighten; strengthen; intensify, enhance, magnify, redouble; aggravate, exaggerate; exasperate, exacerbate; add fuel to the flame, oleum addere camino [Lat.], superadd etc. (add) 37; spread etc. (disperse) 73.    ... show more

Dutch: verspreiden

Become distributed or widespread:
— The infection spread.
— Optimism spread among the population.

synonym: propagate.

Dutch: voortwoekeren

Spread across or over:
— A big oil spot spread across the water.

synonym: overspread.

Dutch: verbreiden, verspreiden, verspreiden boven

Spread out or open from a closed or folded state:
— Spread your arms.

synonyms: open, spread out, unfold.

Roget 194: become larger etc. (large) etc. 192; expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate^†, swell, gather; fill out; deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, distend, spread; mantle, wax; grow up, spring up; bud, bourgeon [Fr.], shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth; gain flesh, gather flesh; outgrow; spread like wildfire, overrun.    be larger than; surpass etc. (be superior) 33.    render larger etc. (large) etc. 192; expand, spread, extend, aggrandize, distend, develop, amplify, spread out, widen, magnify, rarefy, inflate, puff, blow up, stuff, pad, cram; exaggerate; fatten.    ... show more

Dutch: ontvouwen, openvouwen, uitvouwen

Cause to become widely known:
— Spread information.

synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate.

Roget 291: diverge, divaricate, radiate; ramify; branch off, glance off, file off; fly off, fly off at a tangent; spread, scatter, disperse etc. 73; deviate etc. 279; part etc. (separate) 44.    ... show more

Roget 531: publish; make public, make known etc. (information) 527; speak of, talk of; broach, utter; put forward; circulate, propagate, promulgate; spread, spread abroad; rumor, diffuse, disseminate, evulugate; put forth, give forth, send forth; emit, edit, get out; issue; bring before the public, lay before the public, drag before the public; give out, give to the world; put about, bandy about, hawk about, buzz about, whisper about, bruit about, blaze about; drag into the open day; voice.    proclaim, herald, blazon; blaze abroad, noise abroad; sound a trumpet; trumpet forth, thunder forth; give tongue; announce with beat of drum, announce with flourish of trumpets; proclaim from the housetops, proclaim at Charing Cross.    advertise, placard; post, post up afficher^†, publish in the Gazette, send round the crier.    raise a cry, raise a hue and cry, raise a report; set news afloat.    be published &c.; be public, become public etc. adj.; come out; go about, fly about, buzz about, blow about; get about, get abroad, get afloat, get wind; find vent; see the light; go forth, take air, acquire currency, pass current; go the rounds, go the round of the newspapers, go through the length and breadth of the land; virum volitare per ora [Lat.]; pass from mouth to mouth; spread; run like wildfire, spread like wildfire.    ... show more

Roget 73: disperse, scatter, sow, broadcast, disseminate, diffuse, shed, spread, bestrew, overspread, dispense, disband, disembody, dismember, distribute; apportion etc. 786; blow off, let out, dispel, cast forth, draught off; strew, straw, strow^†; ted; spirtle^†, cast, sprinkle; issue, deal out, retail, utter; resperse^†, intersperse; set abroach^†, circumfuse^†.    turn adrift, cast adrift; scatter to the winds; spread like wildfire, disperse themselves.    ... show more

Dutch: verspreiden, uitdragen, rondbazuinen, rondbrieven, rondstrooien, uitbrieven

Become widely known and passed on:
— The rumor spread.

synonyms: circulate, go around.

Dutch: circuleren

Strew or distribute over an area:
— He spread fertilizer over the lawn.

synonyms: scatter, spread out.

Move outward.

synonyms: diffuse, fan out, spread out.

Dutch: uitwaaieren, uitzwermen, verspreiden

Cover by spreading something over.

Distribute over a surface in a layer.

Distributed or spread over a considerable extent:
— Eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe.

synonym: dispersed.

Prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out.

Fully extended in width:
— Outspread wings.
— With arms spread wide.

synonym: outspread.