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

  • (..) Mysteriously, our names have been omitted. They're burying it. They're gonna dig a new hole and cover it up. I told OPR everything I know. What I experienced, the virus, how it's spread by the bees and transgenic crops. They'll never believe you. Not unless your story can be programmed, categorized (..)
    1998 The X Files
  • (..) That end-of-the-world garbage you write? You know my work? - I was right about Dallas. - How? Do you know of the Hanta virus? Yeah. A deadly virus spread by field mice several years ago. The newspaper says FEMA was called out to manage an outbreak. Do you know what the Federal Emergency (..)
    1998 The X Files
  • (..) a perfectly thrown spiral is way better than any of that stuff, OK, so let me show you to do this. Put your hand up here like that, spread your fingers wide. - My hand's too small. - It'll grow, all right? Okay, hand there to steady the ball. Lift it up to your ear. (..)
    2008 TvShow: Bones Title: The Finger in the Nest Season: 4 Episode 3