Spread Synonyms & Definitions

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• SpreadDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) 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.
2. (n.) Surface in proportion to the depth of a cut stone.
3. () imp. & p. p. of Spread, v.
4. (n.) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
5. (imp. & p. p.) of Spread
6. (v. t.) 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.
7. (n.) Extent; compass.
8. (v. t.) 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.
9. (v. i.) To be extended by drawing or beating; as, some metals spread with difficulty.
10. (n.) Expansion of parts.
11. (v. i.) To extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only; to be extended or stretched; to expand.
12. (n.) A cloth used as a cover for a table or a bed.
13. (v. t.) To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia; to emit; as, odoriferous plants spread their fragrance.
14. (v. t.) To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to spread a table.
15. (v. i.) To be propagated from one to another; as, the disease spread into all parts of the city.
16. (v. i.) To be made known more extensively, as news.
17. (n.) A table, as spread or furnished with a meal; hence, an entertainment of food; a feast.
18. (n.) 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.
19. (v. t.) 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.
20. (v. t.) To strew; to scatter over a surface; as, to spread manure; to spread lime on the ground.
21. (v. t.) To propagate; to cause to affect great numbers; as, to spread a disease.

• SpreaderDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) One who, or that which, spreads, expands, or propogates.
2. (n.) A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.

• SpreadingDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spread