Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - spread
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v. & n. --v. (past and past part. spread) 1 tr. (often foll. by out) a open or extend the surface of. b cause to cover a larger surface (spread butter on bread). c display to the eye or the mind (the view was spread out before us). 2 intr. (often foll. by out) have a wide or specified or increasing extent (on every side spread a vast desert; spreading trees). 3 intr. & tr. become or make widely known, felt, etc. (rumours are spreading; spread a little happiness). 4 tr. a cover the surface of (spread the wall with paint; a meadow spread with daisies). b lay (a table). --n. 1 the act or an instance of spreading. 2 capability of expanding (has a large spread). 3 diffusion (spread of learning). 4 breadth, compass (arches of equal spread). 5 an aircraft's wing-span. 6 increased bodily girth (middle-aged spread). 7 the difference between two rates, prices, etc. 8 colloq. an elaborate meal. 9 a sweet or savoury paste for spreading on bread etc. 10 a bedspread. 11 printed matter spread across two facing pages or across more than one column. 12 US a ranch with extensive land. Phrases and idioms spread eagle 1 a representation of an eagle with legs and wings extended as an emblem. 2 hist. a person secured with arms and legs spread out, esp. to be flogged. spread-eagle v.tr. (usu. as spread-eagled adj.) ) 1 place (a person) in this position. 2 defeat utterly. 3 spread out. --adj. US bombastic, esp. noisily patriotic. spread oneself be lavish or discursive. spread one's wings see WING. Derivatives spreadable adj. spreader n. Etymology: OE -spr{aelig}dan f. WG
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I. verb (~; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English spreden, from Old English -sprǣdan; akin to Old High German spreiten to ~ Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to open or expand over a larger area , to stretch out ; extend , 2. to distribute over an area , to distribute over a period or among a group , to apply on a surface , d. to cover or overlay something with , to cover completely, e. to prepare or furnish for dining ; set , serve , 3. to make widely known , to extend the range or incidence of , diffuse, emit , to push apart by weight or force, intransitive verb 1. to become dispersed, distributed, or scattered, to become known or disseminated , to grow in length or breadth ; expand, to move apart (as from pressure or weight) ; separate, ~ability noun ~able adjective II. noun Date: 1626 1. the act or process of ~ing, extent of ~ing, something ~ out: as, a surface area ; expanse, b. a ranch or homestead especially in the western United States, a herd of animals, c. a prominent display in a periodical, two facing pages (as of a newspaper) usually with matter running across the fold, something ~ on or over a surface: as, a food to be ~ (as on bread or crackers) , a sumptuous meal ; feast, a cloth cover for a table or bed, distance between two points ; gap, a commodities market transaction in which a participant hedges with simultaneous long and short options in different commodities or different delivery dates in the same commodity ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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