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Spreading   /sprˈɛdɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Spread  v. t.  (past & past part. spread; pres. part. spreading)  
1.
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. "He bought a parcel of a field where he had spread his tent." "Here the Rhone Hath spread himself a couch."
2.
To extend so as to cover something; to extend to a great or greater extent in every direction; to cause to fill or cover a wide or wider space. "Rose, as in a dance, the stately trees, and spread Their branches hung with copious fruit."
3.
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 accompanied by abroad. "They, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country."
4.
To propagate; to cause to affect great numbers; as, to spread a disease.
5.
To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia; to emit; as, odoriferous plants spread their fragrance.
6.
To strew; to scatter over a surface; as, to spread manure; to spread lime on the ground.
7.
To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to spread a table. "Boiled the flesh, and spread the board."
To spread cloth, to unfurl sail. (Obs.)
Synonyms: To diffuse; propagate; disperse; publish; distribute; scatter; circulate; disseminate; dispense.


Spread  v. i.  (past & past part. spread; pres. part. spreading)  
1.
To extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only; to be extended or stretched; to expand. "Plants, if they spread much, are seldom tall." "Governor Winthrop, and his associates at Charlestown, had for a church a large, spreading tree."
2.
To be extended by drawing or beating; as, some metals spread with difficulty.
3.
To be made known more extensively, as news.
4.
To be propagated from one to another; as, the disease spread into all parts of the city.





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... office was performed by the executioner. Then, after saying a short prayer, and crossing himself several times, he laid his head upon the block. In less than half a minute afterwards, he gave the signal, by spreading out his hands: his head was severed at one blow, and the body fell upon the scaffold. The executioner, searching his pockets, found in them a silver crucifix, his beads, and half-a-guinea. No friend attended ...
— Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 - Volume III. • Mrs. Thomson
... there," said Nanny Lakin, peering wistfully over the valley where the shadows of evening were spreading. "Mayhap if I went down I might find out how it ...
— Under the Storm - Steadfast's Charge • Charlotte M. Yonge
... helpful influence in other ways. It should, of course, keep both the agricultural and the general press informed of its plans and progress. It should also keep in touch with the agricultural work of all important educational bodies, and more especially urge upon them the necessity of spreading the cooperative idea. The Department of Agriculture would welcome and support the movement; for I know many leading men in that service who thoroughly understand and recognise the immense importance, especially to backward rural communities, ...
— The Rural Life Problem of the United States - Notes of an Irish Observer • Horace Curzon Plunkett
... nere could tell yet from what roote this huge Large spreading Tree of hate from Spayne to us, From us agayne to Spayne, took ...
— A Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. II • Various
... being pressed forward within the walls, continued fires and columns of smoke being seen on the other side of the Tigris, near the town called the Camp of the Moors, and Sisara, and the other districts on the Persian frontier, and spreading up to the city itself, showed that the predatory bands of the enemy had crossed the river, and ...
— The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus • Ammianus Marcellinus


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