Antonyms for spread
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : spred |
| Phonetic Transcription : sprɛd |
Definition of spread
Origin :- c.1200, "to stretch out, to send in various directions," probably from Old English -sprædan (especially in tosprædan "to spread out," and gesprædung "spreading"), from Proto-Germanic *spraidijanan (cf. Danish sprede, Old Swedish spreda, Middle Dutch spreiden, Old High German and German spreiten "to spread"), probably from PIE *sper- "to strew" (see sprout (v.)). Reflexive sense of "to extend, expand" is attested from mid-14c.
- noun expansion, development; extent
- noun outlay of food, meal
- verb open or fan out
- verb publicize
- Above, below, the rose of snow, Twined with her blushing foe we spread.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- The fame of the Nile valley must have spread at an early date.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- Of course, we all like to play with fire, but I always put it out before it can spread.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- We began the 19th century with a choice, to spread our nation from coast to coast.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- When the news had spread, others came to join him, and he could not refuse.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- This will permit the bird to be spread apart, as in Fig. 25.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Of course word had spread that the beautiful Miss Winship was expected.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- Then he spread out his two bags, folded them together again, and then again.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- Then they tore out the dam, rinsed the screen and spread it over a rock to dry.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- It was an invincible smile, that, little by little, spread over her whole face.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
Synonyms for spread
- advance
- advancement
- advertise
- arrange
- array
- banquet
- be displayed
- be distributed
- blazon
- bloat
- blowout
- branch off
- broadcast
- broaden
- cast
- circulate
- coat
- compass
- cover
- daub
- declare
- develop
- diffuse
- diffusion
- dilate
- dinner
- disperse
- dispersion
- disseminate
- dissemination
- distribute
- diverge
- enlarge
- enlargement
- escalate
- escalation
- even out
- expand
- expanse
- extend
- extension
- feast
- flatten
- flow
- gloss
- increase
- lay
- lengthen
- level
- lie
- lunch
- make known
- make public
- multiply
- mushroom
- open
- outstretch
- overlay
- paint
- period
- pervade
- prepare
- proclaim
- profusion
- proliferate
- proliferation
- promulgate
- propagate
- publish
- radiate
- radiation
- ramification
- range
- reach
- regale
- repast
- roll out
- scatter
- scope
- set
- settle
- shed
- smear
- sow
- span
- sprawl
- spray
- spreading
- stretch
- strew
- suffuse
- suffusion
- sweep
- swell
- term
- transfusion
- transmission
- transmit
- uncoil
- unfold
- unfurl
- unroll
- untwist
- unwind
- widen
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