n. Function: verb
1 to extend or cause to extend over a considerable area or space FF1C; they spread the news far and wide FF1E; FF1C; clouds spread over the sky FF1E;
Synonyms: circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, propagate, radiate, strew; compare STREW 1
Related Words: 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