The meaning of SPREAD is to open or expand over a larger area. How to use spread in a sentence.

SPREAD definition: to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed byout ). See examples of spread used in a sentence.

SPREAD definition: 1. to cover or reach a wider or increasing area, or to make something do this: 2. to affect more…. Learn more.

If you spread something somewhere, you open it out or arrange it over a place or surface, so that all of it can be seen or used easily. She spread a towel on the sand and lay on it.

There are 36 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun spread, seven of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

To become separated; be forced farther apart: The land masses spread until there was an ocean between them. n.

When something is spread, it's stretched or extended as far as it can go. It's a beautiful sight to see a bald eagle spread its wings and fly.

to stretch out, esp. over a flat surface: [~ + object] Spread the blanket under the tree. [no object] The blanket will spread far enough for both of us to sit on it.

SPREAD definition: 1. to arrange something so that it covers a large area: 2. to arrange for something to happen over…. Learn more.

Synonyms for SPREAD: disseminate, propagate, circulate, broadcast, transmit, impart, dispense, diffuse; Antonyms of SPREAD: hold (in), hide, conceal, obscure, veil, secrete, mask, contain