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SpreadSpread 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. SpreadSpread Spread, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spread; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spreading.] [OE. spreden, AS. spr[ae]dan; 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. SpreadSpread Spread, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spread; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spreading.] [OE. spreden, AS. spr[ae]dan; 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. SpreadSpread 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
Spread 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
Spread 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.
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