ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Verb | 1. | spread out - move outward; "The soldiers fanned out" spread, distribute - distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country" percolate - spread gradually; "Light percolated into our house in the morning" creep - grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface); "ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings" mantle - spread over a surface, like a mantle |
| 2. | spread out - set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series; "the houses were strung out in a long row" | |
| 3. |  spread out - strew or distribute over an area; "He spread fertilizer over the lawn"; "scatter cards across the table"pass around, circulate, distribute, pass on - cause be distributed; "This letter is being circulated among the faculty" circumfuse - spread something around something distribute - spread throughout a given area; "the function distributes the values evenly" | |
| 4. | spread out - extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands" grow - become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast" dispread - spread abroad or out; "The sun dispread its beams" bush out - grow outward; "the plant quickly bushed out" | |
| 5. |  spread out - turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"turn - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" | |
| 6. | spread out - move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"; aerosolise, aerosolize - become dispersed as an aerosol; "the bacteria quickly aerosolised" break - scatter or part; "The clouds broke after the heavy downpour" volley - be dispersed in a volley; "gun shots volleyed at the attackers" | |
| 7. |  spread out - spread out or open from a closed or folded state; "open the map"; "spread your arms"undo - cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect; "I wish I could undo my actions" divaricate - spread apart; "divaricate one's fingers" exfoliate - spread by opening the leaves of grass - spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach butterfly - cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking; "butterflied shrimp" uncross - change from a crossed to an uncrossed position; "She uncrossed her legs" splay - spread open or apart; "He splayed his huge hands over the table" |
Translations
? spread out
vt sep = spread VT a, c
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