spread

Definitions

• (transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
• (transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions.
• (transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
• (intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
• (transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.
• (intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.
• (transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.
• (transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.
• To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
• (intransitive) To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.