I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a blaze spreads
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The blaze quickly spread to a neighbouring house.
a disease spreads
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The government have no idea how far the disease has spread.
a fire spreads
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The fire spread to the house next door.
a grin spreads (= a wide smile covers someone's face )
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A self-satisfied grin spread across his face.
a rumour spreads
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A rumour spread that he had been killed.
a smile spreads across sb’s face (= they smile )
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A faint smile spread across her face.
a stain spreads
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A dark stain spread over the grey carpet.
a virus spreads
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The virus spread throughout the population.
an infection spreads
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The infection spread to her chest.
be spread out over a wide area
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The town is spread out over a wide area.
facing/looking/spreading etc outwards
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Stand with your elbows pointing outwards.
news spreads (= a lot of people find out the news from other people )
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News spreads fast in a small town.
open/spread (sth) wide
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Spiro spread his arms wide in a welcoming gesture.
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Leonora’s eyes opened wide in horror.
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The windows had been opened wide and she could feel a slight breeze.
panic spreads (= starts to affect more people in more places )
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Panic spread as news of the invasion reached Paris.
preach/spread the gospel (= tell people about it )
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Missionaries were sent to preach the Gospel.
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gospel stories
spread a rumour
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Someone has been spreading rumours about us.
spread an infection ( also transmit an infection formal )
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Pregnant women can transmit the infection to their unborn child.
spread betting
spread butter on sth
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Lee was spreading butter on his toast.
spread gossip
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Someone’s been spreading gossip about Lucy and Ian.
spread lies (= tell them to a lot of people )
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How dare you spread such vicious lies?
spread out/unfold a map
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We spread out our maps on the floor.
spread propaganda
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Several underground organizations were spreading anti-government propaganda.
spread sth with butter
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Spread the warm crumpets with butter.
spread the load
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They hired more staff in order to spread the load.
spread the news (= tell a lot of people the news )
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After she had the baby, her husband made phone calls to spread the happy news.
Spread...evenly
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Spread the butter evenly over the toast.
spreading muck
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special machinery for spreading muck onto the fields
spread/open its wings
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The dragon spread its wings and gave an experimental flap.
spread/preach the gospel
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spreading the gospel of science
the rapid spread of sth
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Close contact between people resulted in the rapid spread of the disease.
the spread of a disease
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Knowing the facts about AIDS can prevent the spread of the disease.
wreckage is strewn/scattered/spread
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The wreckage was strewn over a large area.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
across
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The path that left the glade was steep and narrow and spread across with ivy and clumps of mauve and white violets.
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Today they last a long time and spread across wider territories.
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But towards morning heavy clouds spread across .
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When she and her siblings spread across three states and half the continent, they served their families hamburgers.
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Today that business has spread across all fifty states and fifty-four countries.
around
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A number of support centres are spread around and between them is the support network.
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Now, with Rice out while he recovers from reconstructive knee surgery, the ball is being spread around .
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Thus the dark matter would be spread around in a way that mimicked but exaggerated the initial fluctuations.
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Every borrower benefits when there is more money to spread around .
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Some will frequent the hostels run by caring organisations which range from the most basic wooden bench with newspapers spread around .
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After all, spread around , that's what it would buy.
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The wall tore open, rips spreading around the torus as the air rushed outwards.
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As she speaks we see a Masai market. Spread around are hundreds of Masai men and women.
evenly
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For overcrowding is not spread evenly throughout the system.
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Add nut mixture and spread evenly .
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Spread evenly with apple and peel mixture.
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This aroused the resentment of almost the whole front bench, but Wigg's hostility was not evenly spread .
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Although power is widely spread it does not necessarily mean that it is evenly spread between all groups.
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But, as we know, demand for seats is not evenly spread .
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Unlike the greenhouse gases, which spread evenly across the globe, sulphur dioxide's effects are short-lived and regional.
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Royal icing takes a little practice to spread evenly and pipe, but the results are well worth the effort.
out
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There are still strong emotional attachments to these outposts, which are spread out over the valley.
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Her office is dominated by a large oak table where she spreads out her work.
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When they spot some promising zebras, or antelopes, they spread out into a line.
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As you see, the light was spread out uniformly over a wide angle.
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Like a wolf pack scenting easy prey, they dismounted and spread out .
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Why construct a hero so multiple, so spread out , so fugitive?
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The beach is narrow and sandy with enough room to spread out .
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But it is thin, spread out , invisible even to itself.
outwards
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Closely packed terraces of Victorian houses were spread outwards as the population grew.
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And then the slow ink spreading outwards and the wheels turning and a voice, it was Vasco's, warning him.
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A cloud of long fair hair spread outwards in the water.
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In this case I think it is more likely that limestone deposition started in several or many different centres and spread outwards .
over
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For 20 days spread over 1988 and 1989 he compared spot and futures returns for five-minute periods.
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At least 20 sessions, spread over several days, are required to remove the major effects of practice.
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Brush the glaze while still hot over a fruit cake, but allow to cool slightly before spreading over a sponge cake.
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The result is an evening of Wagnerian dimension spread over four and a half hours.
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The exchange would be spread over five years.
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A dark stain spread over the grey patterned carpet.
quickly
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It spreads quickly once inside the victim and is soon being circulated in the bloodstream.
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Although news of her work in Motijhil had spread quickly , they had almost no financial means.
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During the Pleistocene, Stone Age man appeared on the scene in Java and spread quickly .
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The idea spread quickly to other cities.
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Juliet felt a strange sort of throbbing inside her, that quickly spread like tentacles of fever through her body.
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The rumor quickly spread among the black soldiers that other blacks were being brutalized by the police.
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The industrial action quickly spread to transport and municipal workers and workers on tea, sugar and tobacco plantations.
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The controversy quickly spread beyond the pages of the Reader.
rapidly
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The epidemic is dynamic, unstable and continuing to spread rapidly .
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The new system has usurped almost all health care in California and is rapidly spreading nationwide.
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But out of sight the roots from which they grow are spreading rapidly .
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The news spread rapidly throughout the city and everyone came to see the wonderful sight.
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This habit apparently began in Southampton and rapidly spread nation-wide.
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Ticketless travel, which actually began several years ago, is spreading rapidly throughout the airline industry.
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Stories that he was physically or mentally ill had, in fact, spread rapidly in summer 1942.
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This distorted form of Buddhism spread rapidly thanks to a vast network of male and female monastic communities.
thinly
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The ozone molecules are very thinly spread within this area but their fragile existence nevertheless serves a vital function to life.
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Quickly pour into the 2 buttered pans and spread thinly over entire surface of each.
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The ointment should be spread thinly on the bruised areas.
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The flesh was thinly spread upon the elongated skull, the motionless hands were bony claws.
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Some one must lose, even if the losses are spread thinly .
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You could also thinly spread some glue on the cracker and sprinkle some glitter powder over it.
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Lunch Two slices of toasted wholemeal bread spread thinly with Flora margarine and topped with 2 oz. grated cheddar cheese.
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Set aside one cake for the top and thinly spread the rest with jam.
widely
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These advances, which have had an impact in both basic and applied research, are again spread widely among the disciplines.
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Word spread widely and quickly, through the networks, even through underground comic books where the illiterate could read them.
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They evolved rapidly and spread widely , and have a range of distinctive characters to help the investigator in his identifications.
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Skilled artisans are employed by private entrepreneurs in units mainly of cottage-proportions, widely spread in villages and small towns.
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His innovation spread widely and quickly.
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During the first half of the eighteenth century no other sect was as widely spread as the Quakers.
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They noted that the virus may not have had time to spread widely .
■ NOUN
area
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The ozone molecules are very thinly spread within this area but their fragile existence nevertheless serves a vital function to life.
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It apparently started in a trash can and spread to the attic area of an 80-room wing of the motel.
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This scheme, which has now spread to other areas , obviously influenced the Griffiths proposals.
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Resistance can emerge rapidly and spread from one geographic area to another and from one organism to another.
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The accident, which left wreckage spread over a wide area , blocked the road causing severe traffic disruption.
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The only way you survive is to spread to another area .
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Massage can help cramp and can prevent it spreading to other areas .
country
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Several days of unrest followed which spread across the country and involved thousands of students.
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Books be-came more available and, in turn, they spread learning throughout the country .
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There is now a real risk that nuclear weapons will spread to several other countries .
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Pray that the conflict would not spread to neighbouring countries .
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The Spring Collection 1993 was introduced to the trade at ten different roadshows spread throughout the country .
disease
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Infectious diseases that now spread more easily because of increased worldwide travel.
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However, there is no scientific proof that the disease can be spread by eating contaminated beef.
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Braintree Council is desperate for the disease not to spread to the district.
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The fear, of course, was that the disease would spread to the centers of Western civilization.
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Dysentery and other diseases tend to spread easily in schools and poor facilities clearly make matters worse.
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When the disease continued to spread , she looked for something different and found MDExpert.
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The scientists are examining the rate at which disease spreads among plants within recirculation systems in glasshouses.
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Put simply, differences of behavior become increasingly significant the more difficult the disease agent is to spread .
face
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He could see a hurt, misunderstood look spreading across Karen's face .
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He felt a relieved smile spreading over his face and something like freedom in his heart.
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Mrs Toye stared at her and a strange smile spread across her face .
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Affectionate pity spread over his face .
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A thin smile, like a scar, spread across his face .
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A big smile suddenly spread across her face .
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A look of relief as much as elation spread over Lewis's face when confirmation came of her victory.
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He kept silent, a feline grin spreading across his face .
floor
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Pools of viscous liquid started to spread across the floor .
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It has more than 1, 900 rooms spread over 43 floors , topped by the revolving View Restaurant.
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The faded newspaper from the sky had been carefully spread out on the floor of one of the old sheds.
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The newcomers spread out across the floor of the tavern, whilst customers dodged hurriedly out of their way.
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A red glow spread out across the floor almost like blood, and washed against the back wall.
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Water spread across the floor in a greasy stream, mingling with the pile of filthy rushes.
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There were some other, mostly elderly ladies and they reclined on the divans spread on the floor .
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He took out a thick bundle of folded maps, selected several, and spread them on the floor .
gospel
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It spread the cooperative gospel amongst women as consumers and purchasers.
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While Buckley spread the gospel at the Moscone Center, the curtain went up on widespread management departures.
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Now back home, they are spreading the new gospel of dissent.
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And Coopers &038; Lybrand is one of a host of evangelists who spread this gospel .
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Keep spreading the gospel , it needs to be heard.
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Matthew, Mark, Luke and John spreading the gospel .
hand
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The man leaned forwards and spread out his hands .
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His back spread , his hands came together; the oars took flight.
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Benny was equally at a loss, she just shrugged and spread out her hands helplessly.
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Louis spoke, letting go of his beret to spread his hands .
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Parkin spread his hands in a gesture of uncertainty.
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The Dalek Killer spread his hands across the panel of buttons.
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He spread his empty hands to show her he meant no harm.
leg
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She sat on the bed and pulled up her skirt to her waist, then lay back and spread her legs .
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He spread his legs and tensed his fingers.
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Be careful to spread the legs , not as far as they can go, but only as far as is comfortable.
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A hushed audience watched her spread her legs , and present the broom handle to her open crotch.
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I envisaged a deadly tarantula creeping slowly into my bed, spreading its legs over me, about to bite!
load
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More could be done to encourage flexible or staggered working hours and spread the traffic load .
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The best are fairly wide to spread the load and well padded - often with dual-density foam.
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Use of the top tensioners also helps to spread the load over the whole of the shoulder harness.
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The block of softwood can be used to spread the load when using the hammer.
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It's worth trying to draw up a list like this, because it ensures that you spread the load .
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Whether more participants spreads the load of sin is not altogether clear.
message
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They were continually spreading the message that the library is an integral part of the school's operation.
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Forbes is traveling the country at an impressive clip, spreading his flat-tax message and pocketing IOUs from Republican pols.
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The managers of such funds are on the stump, spreading the message that their day has come at last.
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And with an estimated $ 5, 000 in contributions, he has tried to spread his message through community group meetings.
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His intention was to contact people and spread his message to the world.
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She speaks to the media from her home and travels a week out of every month to spread her message of awareness.
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Production was severely disrupted in all departments during the afternoon as the shop stewards spread the message .
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But once they get back home they continue to spread the Falun Gong message .
net
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Conversation was desultory for we were all exhausted though Mandeville declared that tomorrow he would spread his net .
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It was argued in Chapter 2 that the criminal law ought to spread its net wider where the potential harm is greater.
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The Contempt of Court Act 1991 spreads a wider net over everyone who reports or handles news.
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Furse spread his net wide, but it did not sink deep.
news
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As news of it spread , more people became interested and wanted to take part.
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As news of the shooting spread , Overtown exploded like tinder in a lightning storm.
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The news had spread like wildfire.
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Once the researchers returned to shore, news of their findings spread rapidly through the scientific community.
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The news spread as quickly as the horrendous fire which engulfed the fallen plane.
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The news spread rapidly throughout the city and everyone came to see the wonderful sight.
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As news of his triptych spread , he fell under increasing suspicion.
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As news of the killings spread , the politicians and leaders reacted.
rumours
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About 50m messages are sent each day, turning mobile phones into a convenient medium for spreading rumours about the president.
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They were spreading rumours that Mac and I knew the starter and that I had got away with a false start.
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The Reds spread the rumours of its destruction, but there was no evidence to support this.
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They were jealous of his success, they spread rumours about him - lies.
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Let no one be forewarned, to go in fear or spread rumours .
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It wasn't that people did not spread false rumours .
wildfire
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The slander spread like wildfire and was only checked when the drunk who invented it confessed in a magistrates court.
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Word of it spread like wildfire among geophysicists.
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The news had spread like wildfire .
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Not all of these students would be involved in work-based learning even if the movement spread like wildfire , but many would.
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With the spectre of a ruinous trade war looming which could spread like wildfire round the world.
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When low performance leads to an organizational crisis, rumors of executive malfeasance spread like wildfire among rank-and-file members.
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But on the streets the book's reputation spread like wildfire , selling thousands of copies in Brixton alone.
word
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New faces were still pouring into the room as word spread that the Chief Whip was entertaining.
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He meant to get off, I think, but was petrified. Word of his handicap spread .
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And then word began to spread of this dashing, spirited young Yorkshirewoman who was hunting her way home.
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Already word was beginning to spread of the missing U-2.
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It will run for six months, and we are still optimistic that more fragments may surface, as word spreads .
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As word of the accusation spread , more council delegates have opposed the initiative, Arviso said.
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Even if Frome's death has nothing to do with your wife's ... ministrations, the word has spread now.
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But as word of the device spread , the machines could not be made fast enough.
■ VERB
begin
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Students erected barricades and strikes began to spread throughout the universities and high schools.
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A fire had begun to spread in me.
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From this traditional privilege of Reims, the fame and popularity of Champagne wines first began to spread .
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Slowly and selectively the understanding of change and the desire to participate began to spread .
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Foam began to spread through the air as the fire-fighting systems reacted automatically to the emergency.
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A glow began to spread warmly through her.
help
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The use of the new printing technology helped in spreading the word.
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They are small grains with a little wing attached on each side, which helps them spread by the wind.
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You will help spread the word, won't you?
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Members of Boston's crew weren't the only ones who helped spread the word.
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Use of the top tensioners also helps to spread the load over the whole of the shoulder harness.
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He has, in turn, helped spread the interest to other schools in Phoenix.
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The new venture using satellite telecommunications would also help spread the most up-to-date information to industries.
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Additionally, the Internet is helping spread the word about the Dvorak layout far wider and faster than was previously possible.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cast/spread your net wide
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Furse spread his net wide, but it did not sink deep.
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I cast my net wide enough to find parents who vary from house cleaner to fashion designer to electrician to corporate manager.
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It was argued in Chapter 2 that the criminal law ought to spread its net wider where the potential harm is greater.
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Later that afternoon the police, who had been diligently searching certain caravans on Turpin's Field, spread their net wider.
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We cast our net wider and in a different direction.
middle-aged spread
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At 40, you developed something flabby, disgusting and unavoidable called middle-aged spread and your waist disappeared along with your energy.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Spread the frosting over the warm pastries.
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Spreading the work around will help us meet the project deadline.
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A single tractor was slowly spreading fertilizer over a huge wheatfield.
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After she died at a San Jose hospital, word spread fast.
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AIDS is not spread by common everyday contact.
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By then, the flood water had spread across 80 square miles of farmland.
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Cholera is spreading through the refugee camps at an alarming rate.
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Make sure that you spread the glue on both surfaces.
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Malaria, spread by mosquitoes, is one of the biggest public health problems in Africa.
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Meyer and his team were the first to show how the disease spreads from animals to humans.
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News of the disaster was spreading quickly.
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Panic spread through downtown Port-au-Prince.
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Refugees have entered the south of the country and are spreading northwards.
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Rumors about Amy spread through the school.
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She spread the toast with butter and jam.
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She knocked over her glass, and a dark pool of wine spread over the tablecloth.
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The fire is spreading out of control.
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The fire quickly spread to several nearby factories.
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The forest fires in the Northwest are spreading out of control.
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The lawsuit charged the magazine with spreading lies about the company and its products.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Here, a key way for an individual to spread his or her point of view is to get connected.
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I don't want the mess spreading back into my working world.
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In one, the businessperson allocated time, spreading the project over several weeks.
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She was on a sheet, naked with her legs spread apart.
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Thus a gene for chromosomal fratricide will spread as surely as a murderer will inherit the Earth.
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When it is placed in a container it spreads uniformly throughout the whole volume of the container.
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When low performance leads to an organizational crisis, rumors of executive malfeasance spread like wildfire among rank-and-file members.
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With the large number of children spread out over the country, it was inevitable that visits were infrequent.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
broad
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Again, although skewness may be computed for the central segment of the distribution, for most purposes broader spreads are used.
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Today's student teachers and young graduates undoubtedly represent a broader spread of social background - and this is to be welcomed.
geographical
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The appeal of a merger included widening Martineau's client base, a greater geographical spread and having more resources.
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We also looked for a geographical spread of writers.
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The geographical spread of the observers is skewed.
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The geographical spread is reasonable, though doubtless there will be some omissions apparent depending on where you are based.
low
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Can I use low-fat spread on my sandwiches?
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Many low-fat spreads still have a remarkably high fat content-some contain as much as 60 per cent fat.
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If it seeks too low a spread , its issue may fail, thus damaging its chances of making further issues.
rapid
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The rapid spread of small arms and light weapons facilitate the recruitment of child soldiers.
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The result has been a rapid spread of unsightly buildings across the countryside.
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All three factors are thought to have played a part in the rapid spread of the disease.
wide
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The assets are actively managed and represent a wide spread of fixed interest stocks, U.K. and overseas equity shares and property.
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Table 3. 2 provides individual estimate for gaseous coal seams with the geometric mean used wherever a wide spread is given.
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At the bottom of the page, one case had a wide spread to itself.
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Those assembled along the hill lines are keeping alive one of the world's most ancient and wide spread fertility rites.
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It incorporates a wide spread of disciplines and its members have been, or are, involved in a variety of professions.
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This journal has a long and distinguished history, publishing mainly shorter papers on a wide spread of subjects.
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Very few papers indeed, therefore, had a wide spread of shareholders.
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But it always pays to use as wide a spread of sires as possible.
■ NOUN
cheese
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Rub in the butter with the hands, then add the low-fat cheese spread and work in with the hands.
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Blend with cream cheese and grated Cheddar to create a cheese spread .
■ VERB
contribute
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What part animal carriage contributes to the spread of this organism in the environment is not clear.
control
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The Government wants to control the spread of the varroa mite, a parasite which can weaken and eventually kill bees.
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Cross reference - which requires the disambiguation of word senses in the definitions to control the spread of activation caused by cross-referencing.
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Investigating and controlling the spread of tuberculosis socially is as difficult as understanding the body's internal defences against the disease.
encourage
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Zhao was also accused of encouraging the spread of bourgeois liberalization and personal corruption.
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It is also Company policy to encourage the spread of information regarding developments affecting both an employee's workplace and Company wide.
halt
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None has succeeded in halting the spread of violence.
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But this will not halt the spread of crypto anarchy.
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More ominously, the effort to halt the nuclear spread could also stall.
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It would also put in jeopardy the global effort to halt the spread of nuclear weapons.
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Such exemplary action would do much to halt the spread of these evil weapons.
help
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They have been helped by the spread of a non-reverential way of thinking.
point
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The benchmark 5-year sterling swap spread fell 4 basis points to 36 basis points.
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The benchmark five-year deutsche mark swap spread fell 1 basis point to 45 basis points.
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The benchmark 5-year sterling swap spread was unchanged at 34 basis points .
prevent
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They have to plan and act quickly to prevent any spread to other animals or humans.
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The major effect of the anticonvulsant drugs is to prevent that kind of spread .
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Remember, treat all contacts to prevent spread .
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One was to segregate lepers in order to prevent the spread of the disease.
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Information is needed too about the part the patient is expected to play in preventing the spread of infection.
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Essential oils can be sprayed around the sick room to prevent the spread of infection during epidemics.
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At the Royal Show the Agriculture Minister insisted there are adequate measures to prevent the spread of disease.
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Some strains of bees prevent the spread of the disease by removing the rotting larvae.
price
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The debentures, which are callable after one year, were priced at a spread of 70 basis points above Treasurys.
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The debt, which is noncallable, was priced at a spread of 55 basis points above Treasurys.
reduce
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A return to manual harvesting would also reduce dramatically the spread of infection.
stop
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The Thatcher government has opposed planning controls over agriculture that could have stopped the spread of intensive arable farming.
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Broadcasters lobbied to stop the spread of cable and succeeded for many years.
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As far as Marenches was concerned, the most important thing for a Western intelligence agency was to stop the spread of Communism.
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Halt the nuclear arms race, for one thing; stop the spread of nuclear weapons, for another.
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What can be done to stop the spread of this silent architectural disease creeping through the veins and arteries of our cities?
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I had visited her often in the London hospital where vain efforts were made to stop the spread of cancer.
swap
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The benchmark 5-year sterling swap spread fell 4 basis points to 36 basis points.
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The benchmark five-year deutsche mark swap spread fell 1 basis point to 45 basis points.
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The benchmark 5-year sterling swap spread was unchanged at 34 basis points.
yield
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Reoffered at 99. 708 to yield a spread flat to the three-year Treasury note.
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Reoffered at 99. 845 to yield a spread at the launch of three basis points above U. S. Treasurys.
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The offering yields a spread of 30 basis points above the Treuhand due Jan. 2003.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The only way to prevent the spread of tuberculosis is to cure those infected by the disease.
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There's a big three-page spread about them in Sunday's paper.
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There was a nice spread at the reception after the wedding.
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They were looking forward to the spread that Judith had prepared.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the spread of Internet use outside the United States is converting a national mess into a global one.
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More ominously, the effort to halt the nuclear spread could also stall.
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The process of proletarianisation has also received some impetus from the spread of agribusiness in the region.
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The Thatcher government has opposed planning controls over agriculture that could have stopped the spread of intensive arable farming.
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This spread is about 0. 05 percentage point tighter than a month ago, traders said.
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This led us to ask if there was intrafamilial spread of H pylori.
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We always pause just where we can see the majestic spread of Notre Dame.