| Spread (spread) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Spread |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Spread] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Spreading.] [OE. spreden, AS. spræ]dan; akin
to D. spreiden, spreijen, LG. spreden,
spreen, spreien |
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.
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.
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 acompanied by
abroad.
To propagate; to cause to affect great
numbers; as, to spread a disease.
To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia; to
emit; as, odoriferous plants spread their fragrance.
To strew; to scatter over a surface; as, to
spread manure; to spread lime on the ground.
To prepare; to set and furnish with
provisions; as, to spread a table.
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| Spread (spread) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Spread |
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To
extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only; to
be extended or stretched; to expand.
To be extended by drawing or beating; as,
some metals spread with difficulty.
To be made known more extensively, as
news.
To be propagated from one to another; as,
the disease spread into all parts of the city.
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Extent; compass.
Expansion of parts.
A cloth used as a cover for a table or a
bed.
A table, as spread or furnished with a
meal; hence, an entertainment of food; a feast.
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.
An unlimited expanse of
discontinuous points.
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Alternates
| Spread-eagle |
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| Spread"-ea`gle | |
| Spread (spread) |
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| a. | (?) |
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| Spread |
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Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style;
defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle
orator; a spread-eagle speech.
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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.
Surface in proportion to the
depth of a cut stone.
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