v. /owt'spred"/ ; adj. /owt"spred"/ ; n. /owt"spred'/ , v. , outspread, outspreading , adj. , n.
v.t. , v.i.
1. to spread out; extend: an eagle outspreading its wings.
adj.
2. spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
3. diffused abroad; widely disseminated: The outspread news had traveled quickly.
n.
4. the act of spreading out; expansion: the rapid outspread of the early American colonists.
5. something that is spread out; an expanse: a vast outspread of rich farmland.
[ 1300-50; ME outspredden (v.). See OUT-, SPREAD ]