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to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed byout ).

to stretch out or unfurl in the air, as folded wings, a flag, etc. (often followed byout ).

to distribute over a greater or a relatively great area of space or time (often followed byout ).

to display or exhibit the full extent of; set out in full.

to dispose or distribute in a sheet or layer.

to apply in a thin layer or coating.

to overlay or cover with something.

to set or prepare (a table), as for a meal.

to extend or distribute over a region, place, period of time, among a group, etc.

to send out, scatter, or shed in various directions, as sound, light, etc.

to scatter abroad; diffuse or disseminate, as knowledge, news, disease, etc..

to move or force apart.

to flatten out.

Phonetics.��

1. to extend the aperture between (the lips) laterally, so as to reduce it vertically, during an utterance.

2. to delabialize.

to become stretched out or extended, as a flag in the wind; expand, as in growth.

to extend over a greater or a considerable area or period.

to be or lie outspread or fully extended or displayed, as a landscape or scene.

to admit of being spread or applied in a thin layer, as a soft substance.

to become extended or distributed over a region, as population, animals, plants, etc.

to become shed abroad, diffused, or disseminated, as light, influences, rumors, ideas, infection, etc.

to be forced apart, as the rails of a railroad track; separate.

an act or instance of spreading.

expansion, extension, or diffusion.

the extent of distribution.

Finance.��

1. the difference between the prices bid and asked of stock or a commodity for a given time.

2. a type of straddle in which the call price is placed above and the put price is placed below the current market quotation.

3. the difference between any two prices or rates for related costs.

   the widening spread between lending and borrowing costs.

4. Stock Exchange.��a broker's profit, or the difference between their buying and selling price.

5. any difference between return on assets and costs of liabilities.

capacity for spreading.

a distance or range, as between two points or dates.

a stretch, expanse, or extent of something.

a cloth covering for a bed, table, or the like, especially a bedspread.

Informal.��an abundance of food set out on a table; feast.

any food preparation for smearing on bread, crackers, etc., such as jam or peanut butter.

Aeronautics.��wingspan.

Sometimes the spread point spread.

Also called layout.��Journalism.��(in newspapers and magazines) an extensive, varied treatment of a subject, consisting primarily either of a number of cuts picture spread, or picture layout or of a major story and several supplementary stories, usually extending across three or more columns.

an advertisement, photograph, article, or the like, covering several columns, a full page, or two facing pages of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc..

two facing pages, as of a newspaper, magazine, or book.

landed property, as a farm or ranch.

lay.

Jewelry.��(of a gem) cut with the table too large and the crown too shallow for maximum brilliance; swindled.

Phonetics.��(of the opening between the lips) extended laterally.