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To Spread

  1. (transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space. [from 13th c.]
  2. (transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. [from 13th c.] simple past and past participle of spread
  3. (transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area. [from 13th c.]
  4. (intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated. [from 13th c.]
  5. (transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present. [from 14th c.]
  6. (intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended. [from 14th c.]
  7. (transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer. [from 16th c.]
  8. (transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter. [from 16th c.]
  9. To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
  10. (intransitive, slang) To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours. [from 20th c.]
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