Spread

//spɹɛd//

Synonyms for "spread" (777 found)

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Closest matches (156)

circulate diffuse banquet bedspread dispersed disseminate outspread propagate ranch scatter straddle unfold aberrate aberration accelerated access accessible accession accretion accrual

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accrue accruement accumbent accumulate accumulation acreage addition adjunct advance advertise affirmed afghan aggrandized aggrandizement air airing ampliation amplification amplified amplitude announce announced apply appreciate appreciation area ascent assign attenuation augmentation augmented balloon ballooning bandying banner banner head barbecue beam become public bed linen bedaub bedclothes bedcover bedding bedsheet beefed up beefed-up besmear bestrew bigness blanket bloat bloated bloating board body book boom boost boosted boundaries boundary bounds branch branch out bread bread and butter breadth break breed broach broadcast broadcasting broaden broadened broadening broadness brought to notice bruit about bruiting bruiting about buffalo robe buildup bulk butter buzz about caliber calibrate call caption carry carry over case centrifugence cheer chink circulated circulation circumfuse circumfusion cleave cloak clothes coat come forth come out comestibles comfort comforter common knowledge common property communicate communication compass conduction confiture conserve consign contagion continuum contour sheet

Verb(8 words)

circulate diffuse disseminate propagate sweep broadcast circularise circularize

Noun(7 words)

banquet bed cover bed covering bedcover bedspread cattle farm cattle ranch

Strong matches (233)

convection couchant couche counterpane cover coverage coverlet coverlid crack crawling creature comfort crescendo crevasse cuisine current cut cut open dab daily bread daub

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deal deal in generalities deal out decentralization declared decumbent deepen deepened deliver delivery deltoid deploy deployment deport deportation depth develop developing development deviation diameter diapedesis difference diffract diffraction diffused diffusion dilution dimension dimensions dinner discrete dispart dispel dispensation dispense dispersal disperse dispersion display dispread disseminated dissemination dissipate dissipated dissipation distance distance across distribute distributed distribution divaricate divarication diverge divergence divergency diversify divide division drag out draped draw out drop head dropline eatables ecumenicize edema edible edibles eiderdown elevated elevation emanate emptiness empty space enamel encompass enhanced enlarge enlarged enlargement enlarging entertainment environ epidemic epigraph escalate evaporation evulgation expand expanded expanding expanse expansion expel export exportation expulsion extend extended extending extension extent extradite extradition fan fan out fan shaped fan-shape fan-shaped fanlike fanned fanning fanning out fare farm fast food feast feed field find vent fissure fitted sheet flabelliform flare flared flaring flat flood flow fly about fly open food food and drink foodstuff fragmentation fullness gain gain strength galactic space gamut gap gauge generalize get get about get abroad get afloat get ahead get around get exposure gild girth glaze globalize gloss go go about go around go away go forth go off go out go the rounds go up greatening greatness groveling grow growth gush hand forward hand on hand over hanger have currency head heading headline health food height heightened herald hike hiked hiking hold holding homestead impart import importation in circulation in print incise increase increased increasing increment infinite space inflated inflation ingesta intensified

Noun(4 words)

counterpane facing pages feast gap

Verb(4 words)

disperse distribute fan out go around

Adjective(1 words)

dispersed

Related words (388)

intensify interchange interstellar space issuance issue jam jazzed up jelly jump jump head junk food kitchen stuff lacquer landholding lap robe largeness latitude lay lay on lay open

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lay out layer leap legend length lie limits linen lolling lounging lying made public magnification magnified magnitude make a generalization make known make over make public mantle margarine mass meal measure measurement meat mess metastasis metastasize metathesis metathesize metempsychosis migration motto mount mounting multiplication multiplied multiply mushroom mushrooming mutual transfer noise nothingness oleo ope open open up option osmosis outer space outstretch outstretched overgrow overlay overline overrun overscatter oversow overspread paint part pass pass on pass over pass the buck passage passing over paste patchwork quilt patulous peddle peppering perfuse perfusion periodical pillow slip pillowcase place plantation plaster plate prepared preserve prime printing proclaimed procumbent productiveness profusion progress progression proliferate proliferated proliferating proliferation prolong promulgate promulgation prone pronounce propagated propagation property proportion proportions prostrate protract provender provision public publication publicize publish published publishing push put put about put and call put apart put out quilt radiate radiation radius raise raised raising ramify range ray reach reach out recite reclining recumbent refection refreshment regale regalement reinforced relay rent repas repast repeat reported reposing resupine retail riddle rift right rip rise rive robe root rub rubric rug run run up running head running title scale scarehead scattered scattering scatterment scope screamer see the light separate separation set shed sheet sheeting shoot up shotgun pattern show size slap on slather slip slit smear smear on smooth snowball snowballing sow sow broadcast sowing space span sparse spatial extension spattering sphere splash splay splayed splaying split sporadic spraddle spraddled spraddling sprangle sprangled sprangling sprawl sprawled sprawling sprawly spray spread about spread like wildfire spread on spread out spread with spreadhead spreading spreading abroad spreading out spring spring open sprinkling stated stiffened stock option straggling straggly strap streamer strengthen strengthened stretch stretch out stretched out stretched-out strew strewing strewn strip strown subhead subheading subtitle superficial extension superscription supine surface surge surround sustenance swaddle sway sweep swell swelling swing open switch swollen table take in tap tar tear tear open telecast telecasting televise televised throw throw open thrust out tightened title title page tract transduction transfer transfer of property transfer property transference transfuse transfusion transit transition translate translation translocate translocation transmigration transmigration of souls transmission transmit transmittal transmittance transplace transplacement transplant transplantation transposal transpose transposition travel treat trumpet tucker tumescence turn over undercoat unfolded unfurl universalize unroll up upping upsurge upswing uptrend upturn utter varnish vastness ventilation viands victuals vittles void volatilization volume wash wax waxing wide open wide-open widen widened wideness widening widespread width wrap

Verb(9 words)

open overspread pass around put about scatter sow spread out suffuse unfold

Adjective(1 words)

outspread

Noun(9 words)

paste ranch scatter spread head spreadhead spreading straddle swole variety

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

12 relation types

More general

32 entries

air bare bed clothing bedclothes bedding change of location circulate condiment continue cover disparity dispersion displace distribute distribution extend

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Antonyms

1 entries

gather

Synonyms

15 entries

banquet bedspread circulate diffuse dispersed disseminate gap go around outspread propagate put about ranch scatter straddle unfold

Related terms

1 entries

spreading

derived

107 entries

TED spread antispread antispreader bandspread bear spread bedspread bespread bespreading bid-ask spread broadspread broadspreading calendar spread center spread centerspread centre spread cheese spread

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

spurn

has context

9 entries

bread etc business cartomancy economics finance geometry prison slang trading

is a

6 entries

change of location condiment extension food ingredient girth page

manner of

3 entries

circulate cover move

part of

1 entries

publication

related to

45 entries

arbitrage asking price bedspread bid price commodity cover cut depth difference discontinuous disperse disseminate disseminated expand expanse extend

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similar

15 entries

broadcast circularise circularize circulate diffuse disperse disseminate distribute distributed extended go around pass around prepared propagate

Translations

446 translations across 66 languages.

Ancient Greek

2 entries

στρώννυμι verb (to stretch out, expand)
χωρέω verb ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated)

Arabic

3 entries

اِنْتِشَار noun (act of spreading)
نَشَرَ verb (to disperse, scatter)
نَشَرَ verb ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present)

Armenian

1 entries

քսել verb (to smear, distribute in a thin layer)

Assamese

3 entries

বিয়পা verb ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated)
বিয়পা verb ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand)
বিয়পোৱা verb ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

aralamaq verb (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc))
açmaq verb (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc))
sürtmək verb (to smear, distribute in a thin layer)
yaxmaq verb (to smear, distribute in a thin layer)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

पसारल verb (to stretch out, expand)

Bulgarian

4 entries

обхват noun (numerical difference)
площ noun (expanse of land)
покривало noun (piece of material used as a cover)
поле noun (large tract of land used to raise livestock)

Catalan

4 entries

escampar verb (to disperse, scatter)
escampar-se verb ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated)
estendre verb (to stretch out, expand)
estendre verb (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc))

Central Kurdish

3 entries

بڵاوکردنەوە verb (to disperse, scatter)
بڵاوکردنەوە verb ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand)
قاچ کردنەوە verb (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc))

Chechen

1 entries

даржа verb (to stretch out, expand)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

搽 verb (to smear, distribute in a thin layer)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

抹醬 /抹酱 noun (food designed to be spread)
傳揚 /传扬 verb ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present)
傳播 /传播 verb ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present)
傳遍 /传遍 verb ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand)

Czech

4 entries

namazat verb (to smear, distribute in a thin layer)
rozšířit se verb ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand)
šířit verb ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present)
šířit se verb ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand)

Danish

4 entries

festmåltid noun (large meal, especially one laid out on a table)
omfang noun (numerical difference)
opdækning noun (piece of material used as a cover)
opdækning noun (large meal, especially one laid out on a table)

Dutch

4 entries

pasta noun (food designed to be spread)
(zich) verspreiden verb ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand)
besmeren verb (to smear, distribute in a thin layer)
bestrijken verb (to smear, distribute in a thin layer)

Esperanto

4 entries

sterni noun (act of spreading)
disvastigi verb ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present)
disvastiĝi verb ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated)
etendiĝi verb ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand)

Finnish

4 entries

aukeama noun (two facing pages)
ero noun (numerical difference)
hintaero noun (finance: difference between the prices of two similar items)
karjatila noun (large tract of land used to raise livestock)

French

4 entries

pâte à tartiner noun (food designed to be spread)
diffuser verb ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present)
disperser verb (to disperse, scatter)
divulguer verb ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present)

Friulian

2 entries

stierni verb (to stretch out, expand)
stierni verb (to disperse, scatter)

Galician

4 entries

espallar verb (to disperse, scatter)
espallar verb ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present)
espallarse verb ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated)
estarricar verb (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc))

Georgian

2 entries

ავრცელებს verb (to stretch out, expand)
უსვამს verb (to smear, distribute in a thin layer)

German

4 entries

Aufstrich noun (food designed to be spread)
Brotaufstrich noun (something that has been spread)
Brotaufstrich noun (food designed to be spread)
(Schnitte) schmieren verb (to smear, distribute in a thin layer)

Greek

1 entries

άλειμμα noun (food designed to be spread)

Hebrew

4 entries

כְּפוּלָה noun (two facing pages)
מִמְרָח noun (food designed to be spread)
בָּזַק verb (to disperse, scatter)
הִתְפַּשֵּׁט verb ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated)

Hindi

1 entries

पसारना verb (to stretch out, expand)

Hungarian

4 entries

oldalpár noun (two facing pages)
ken verb (to smear, distribute in a thin layer)
szétszór verb (to stretch out, expand)
szétterít verb (to stretch out, expand)

Hunsrik

1 entries

Schmier noun (food designed to be spread)

Icelandic

2 entries

breiða noun (expanse of land)
opna noun (two facing pages)

Ido

1 entries

difuzar verb (to disperse, scatter)

Indonesian

4 entries

farak noun (finance: difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity)
farak noun (finance: purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity)
farak noun (finance: purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity)
farak noun (trading: difference between bid price and asking price)

Ingush

1 entries

даржа verb (to stretch out, expand)

Irish

4 entries

leath verb (to disperse, scatter)
scaip verb (to disperse, scatter)
scaoil verb (to stretch out, expand)
spréigh verb (to disperse, scatter)

Italian

4 entries

imbandigione noun (large meal, especially one laid out on a table)
allargare verb (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc))
diffondere verb (to disperse, scatter)
diffondere verb ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present)

Japanese

4 entries

展開 noun (act of spreading)
展開 noun (something that has been spread)
拡散 noun (act of spreading)
拡散 noun (something that has been spread)

Javanese

1 entries

nyebar verb (to disperse, scatter)

Korean

1 entries

다리를 벌리다 verb (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc))

Latin

2 entries

pandō verb (to stretch out, expand)
sternō verb (to stretch out, expand)

Lithuanian

3 entries

išskleisti verb (to stretch out, expand)
paskleisti verb (to disperse, scatter)
skleisti verb (to disperse, scatter)

Macedonian

4 entries

на́маз noun (food designed to be spread)
прекривка noun (piece of material used as a cover)
простирање noun (act of spreading)
простирка noun (piece of material used as a cover)

Malay

3 entries

lepa noun (food designed to be spread)
hampar verb (to stretch out, expand)
sebar verb ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present)

Middle English

2 entries

breden verb (to stretch out, expand)
spreden verb (to stretch out, expand)

Māori

4 entries

horapa verb (to disperse, scatter)
huarapa verb ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand)
koke verb (to disperse, scatter)
koke verb ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

hwenea verb ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated)

Norwegian

2 entries

smørepålegg noun (food designed to be spread)
spre verb (to smear, distribute in a thin layer)

Old English

1 entries

sprǣdan verb (to stretch out, expand)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

دوشهمك verb (to stretch out, expand)
یایمق verb (to stretch out, expand)

Persian

1 entries

افشاندن verb (to disperse, scatter)

Polish

4 entries

smarowidło noun (food designed to be spread)
spread noun (trading: difference between bid price and asking price)
podzielić verb (to stretch out, expand)
rozprzestrzeniać verb ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present)

Portuguese

4 entries

chimia noun (food designed to be spread)
espalhamento noun (act of spreading)
alastrar verb ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present)
difundir verb (to disperse, scatter)

Romanian

3 entries

așterne verb (to stretch out, expand)
împrăștia verb (to disperse, scatter)
întinde verb (to stretch out, expand)

Russian

4 entries

нама́зка noun (food designed to be spread)
па́ста noun (food designed to be spread)
пи́ршество noun (large meal, especially one laid out on a table)
покрыва́ло noun (piece of material used as a cover)

Sanskrit

1 entries

तनोति verb (to stretch out, expand)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

namaz noun (food designed to be spread)

Southern Altai

1 entries

јайар verb (to stretch out, expand)

Spanish

4 entries

alimento untable noun (food designed to be spread)
propagación noun (act of spreading)
untadura noun (food designed to be spread)
unto noun (food designed to be spread)

Swahili

4 entries

eneza noun (act of spreading)
eneza noun (something that has been spread)
eneza noun (expanse of land)
eneza noun (piece of material used as a cover)

Swedish

4 entries

(bredbart) pålägg noun (food designed to be spread)
bokuppslag noun (two facing pages)
mittuppslag (centerfold) noun (two facing pages)
spridning noun (act of spreading)

Tagalog

4 entries

palaman noun (food designed to be spread)
pamahid noun (food designed to be spread)
ikalat verb (to smear, distribute in a thin layer)
ikalat verb ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present)

Thai

4 entries

กระจาย verb (to disperse, scatter)
กาง verb (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc))
ถ่าง verb (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc))
ถ่างขา verb (to open one's legs especially for sexual favours)

Tocharian B

1 entries

sätkor noun (act of spreading)

Turkish

4 entries

sürmek verb (to smear, distribute in a thin layer)
yaymak verb (to stretch out, expand)
yaymak verb ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present)
yayılmak verb ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand)

Tày

1 entries

be verb (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc))

Ukrainian

4 entries

поши́рення noun (act of spreading)
розповсю́дження noun (act of spreading)
поши́рювати verb (to stretch out, expand)
розповсю́джувати verb (to stretch out, expand)

Urdu

1 entries

پھیلاو noun (act of spreading)

Welsh

1 entries

taeniad noun (food designed to be spread)

Zazaki

2 entries

sawen verb (to smear, distribute in a thin layer)
vıla kerden verb (to stretch out, expand)

Sample sentences

37 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A small forest fire can easily spread and quickly become a great conflagration.

Source: tatoeba (2013)

Fanned by a strong wind, the fire spread in an instant.

Source: tatoeba (19186)

The cancer has spread to her stomach.

Source: tatoeba (20800)

Can we check the rapid spread of the 'flu?

Source: tatoeba (22634)

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