I. verb
1.
to extend or cause to extend over a considerable area or space
they spread the news far and wide
clouds spread over the sky
Synonyms: circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, propagate, radiate, strew; compare strew 1
Related Word: deal, dispense; broadcast, communicate, pass (on), transmit; dissipate, scatter, sow; peddle, push, retail
Idioms: spread abroad ( or far and wide)
Contrasted words: hold (in); contain; compress
2.
Synonyms: open 4, expand, extend, fan (out), outspread, outstretch, unfold
Contrasted words: fold; close
3.
Synonyms: set 5, lay
II. noun
1.
Synonyms: expansion 2, enlargement, extension
Related Word: diffusion; profusion; stretch, sweep
2.
Synonyms: expanse , amplitude, breadth, distance, expansion, space, stretch
3.
Synonyms: dinner , banquet, feast, regale
4.
Synonyms: bedspread , bedcover, counterpane, coverlet, ||coverlid