Spread (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Spread; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spreading.] [OE. spreden, AS. sprædan; akin
to D. spreiden, spreijen, LG. spreden,
spreen, spreien, G. spreiten, Dan. sprede,
Sw. sprida. Cf. Spray water flying in drops.]
1. To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth
only; to stretch or expand to a broad or broader surface or extent; to
open; to unfurl; as, to spread a carpet; to spread a
tent or a sail.
He bought a parcel of a field where he had
spread his tent.
Gen. xxxiii. 19.
Here the Rhone
Hath spread himself a couch.
Byron.
2. To extend so as to cover something; to
extend to a great or grater extent in every direction; to cause to
fill or cover a wide or wider space.
Rose, as in a dance, the stately trees, and
spread
Their branches hung with copious fruit.
Milton.
3. To divulge; to publish, as news or fame; to
cause to be more extensively known; to disseminate; to make known
fully; as, to spread a report; -- often acompanied by
abroad.
They, when they were departed, spread abroad his
fame in all that country.
Matt. ix. 31.
4. To propagate; to cause to affect great
numbers; as, to spread a disease.
5. To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia; to
emit; as, odoriferous plants spread their fragrance.
6. To strew; to scatter over a surface; as, to
spread manure; to spread lime on the ground.
7. To prepare; to set and furnish with
provisions; as, to spread a table.
Boiled the flesh, and spread the
board.
Tennyson.
To spread cloth, to unfurl sail. [Obs.]
Evelyn.
Syn. -- To diffuse; propogate; disperse; publish;
distribute; scatter; circulate; disseminate; dispense.
Spread, v. i. 1. To
extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only; to
be extended or stretched; to expand.
Plants, if they spread much, are seldom
tall.
Bacon.
Governor Winthrop, and his associates at Charlestown,
had for a church a large, spreading tree.
B.
Trumbull.
2. To be extended by drawing or beating; as,
some metals spread with difficulty.
3. To be made known more extensively, as
news.
4. To be propagated from one to another; as,
the disease spread into all parts of the city.
Shak.
Spread, n. 1.
Extent; compass.
I have got a fine spread of improvable
land.
Addison.
2. Expansion of parts.
No flower hath spread like that of the
woodbine.
Bacon.
3. A cloth used as a cover for a table or a
bed.
4. A table, as spread or furnished with a
meal; hence, an entertainment of food; a feast. [Colloq.]
5. A privilege which one person buys of
another, of demanding certain shares of stock at a certain price, or
of delivering the same shares of stock at another price, within a time
agreed upon. [Broker's Cant]
6. (Geom.) An unlimited expanse of
discontinuous points.
Spread, imp. & p. p. of
Spread, v.
Spread eagle. (a) An eagle
with outspread wings, the national emblem of the United States.
(b) The figure of an eagle, with its wings
elevated and its legs extended; often met as a device upon military
ornaments, and the like. (c) (Her.) An
eagle displayed; an eagle with the wings and legs extended on each
side of the body, as in the double-headed eagle of Austria and Russia.
See Displayed, 2.
Spread, n. 1. An
arbitrage transaction operated by buying and selling simultaneously in
two separate markets, as Chicago and New York, when there is an
abnormal difference in price between the two markets. It is called a
back spreadwhen the difference in price is less than
the normal one.
2. (Gems) Surface in proportion to the
depth of a cut stone.
Spread (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Spread; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spreading.] [OE. spreden, AS. sprædan; akin
to D. spreiden, spreijen, LG. spreden,
spreen, spreien, G. spreiten, Dan. sprede,
Sw. sprida. Cf. Spray water flying in drops.]
1. To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth
only; to stretch or expand to a broad or broader surface or extent; to
open; to unfurl; as, to spread a carpet; to spread a
tent or a sail.
He bought a parcel of a field where he had
spread his tent.
Gen. xxxiii. 19.
Here the Rhone
Hath spread himself a couch.
Byron.
2. To extend so as to cover something; to
extend to a great or grater extent in every direction; to cause to
fill or cover a wide or wider space.
Rose, as in a dance, the stately trees, and
spread
Their branches hung with copious fruit.
Milton.
3. To divulge; to publish, as news or fame; to
cause to be more extensively known; to disseminate; to make known
fully; as, to spread a report; -- often acompanied by
abroad.
They, when they were departed, spread abroad his
fame in all that country.
Matt. ix. 31.
4. To propagate; to cause to affect great
numbers; as, to spread a disease.
5. To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia; to
emit; as, odoriferous plants spread their fragrance.
6. To strew; to scatter over a surface; as, to
spread manure; to spread lime on the ground.
7. To prepare; to set and furnish with
provisions; as, to spread a table.
Boiled the flesh, and spread the
board.
Tennyson.
To spread cloth, to unfurl sail. [Obs.]
Evelyn.
Syn. -- To diffuse; propogate; disperse; publish;
distribute; scatter; circulate; disseminate; dispense.
Spread, v. i. 1. To
extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only; to
be extended or stretched; to expand.
Plants, if they spread much, are seldom
tall.
Bacon.
Governor Winthrop, and his associates at Charlestown,
had for a church a large, spreading tree.
B.
Trumbull.
2. To be extended by drawing or beating; as,
some metals spread with difficulty.
3. To be made known more extensively, as
news.
4. To be propagated from one to another; as,
the disease spread into all parts of the city.
Shak.
Spread, n. 1.
Extent; compass.
I have got a fine spread of improvable
land.
Addison.
2. Expansion of parts.
No flower hath spread like that of the
woodbine.
Bacon.
3. A cloth used as a cover for a table or a
bed.
4. A table, as spread or furnished with a
meal; hence, an entertainment of food; a feast. [Colloq.]
5. A privilege which one person buys of
another, of demanding certain shares of stock at a certain price, or
of delivering the same shares of stock at another price, within a time
agreed upon. [Broker's Cant]
6. (Geom.) An unlimited expanse of
discontinuous points.
Spread, imp. & p. p. of
Spread, v.
Spread eagle. (a) An eagle
with outspread wings, the national emblem of the United States.
(b) The figure of an eagle, with its wings
elevated and its legs extended; often met as a device upon military
ornaments, and the like. (c) (Her.) An
eagle displayed; an eagle with the wings and legs extended on each
side of the body, as in the double-headed eagle of Austria and Russia.
See Displayed, 2.
Spread, n. 1. An
arbitrage transaction operated by buying and selling simultaneously in
two separate markets, as Chicago and New York, when there is an
abnormal difference in price between the two markets. It is called a
back spreadwhen the difference in price is less than
the normal one.
2. (Gems) Surface in proportion to the
depth of a cut stone.