spread: signification et définitions

To prepare (a table) for eating; set.

To arrange (food or a meal) on a table.

To flatten (a rivet end, for example) by pounding.

To open to a fuller extent or width; stretch: spread out the tablecloth; a bird spreading its wings.

To make wider the gap between; move farther apart: spread her fingers.

To distribute over a surface in a layer: spread varnish on the steps.

To cover with a layer: spread a cracker with butter.

To distribute widely: The tornado spread destruction.

To make a wide or extensive arrangement of: We spread the bicycle parts out on the floor.

To exhibit or display the full extent of: the scene that was spread before us.

To cause to become widely seen or known; scatter or disseminate: spread the news; spread the beam of the flashlight.

To be extended or enlarged.

To become distributed or widely dispersed.

To increase in range of occurrence; become known or prevalent over a wide area: The word spread fast.

To be exhibited, displayed, or visible in broad or full extent: the vista spread seemingly to infinity.

To become or admit of being distributed in a layer.

To become separated; be forced farther apart.

The act of spreading.

Dissemination, as of news; diffusion.

An open area of land; an expanse.

A ranch, a farm, or an estate.

The extent or limit to which something is or can be spread; range.

A cloth covering for a bed, table, or other piece of furniture.

Informal An abundant meal laid out on a table.

A food to be spread on bread or crackers.