spread

Definition

  • verb: to open, arrange, or place (something) over a large area
  • verb: to open or expand over a larger area
  • often + 'of'
  • synonyms: scatter, dispense, distribute

Examples

  • If your garden is overflowing, be a good neighbor and 'spread the wealth'. [=give some of what is growing in your garden to neighbors]

  • He's known as a comic actor, but he's 'spreading his wings' and trying a serious role in his new movie.

  • The plant will 'spread'. [=the plant will produce more plants in the area around it]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) you're a healthy person and you want to die. You said Americans are undereducated and overmedicated. You said the ama are avaricious whores only too willing to spread their fat legs for big pharma. All those things are true. But mom does not have enough of the neurotransmitter serotonin (..)
    2016 Captain Fantastic