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You're listening to Joanna
She has an American accent.
NGSL Rank: 1194
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Meanings
verb
- open out (something) so as to extend its surface area, width, or length.E.g. I spread a towel on the sand and sat down
- extend over a large or increasing area.E.g. rain over north-west Scotland will spread south-east during the day
- apply (a substance) to an object or surface in an even layer.E.g. he sighed, spreading jam on a croissant
- lay (a table) for a meal.
noun
- the fact or process of spreading over an area.E.g. warmer temperatures could help reduce the spread of the disease
- the extent, width, or area covered by something.E.g. the male's antlers can attain a spread of six feet
- the range or variety of something.E.g. a wide spread of ages
- a soft paste that can be applied in a layer to bread or other food.E.g. low-fat spreads
- an article or advertisement covering several columns or pages of a newspaper or magazine, especially one on two facing pages.E.g. a double-page spread
- a large and impressively elaborate meal.E.g. his mother laid on a huge spread
- a bedspread.E.g. a patchwork spread
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