spreads
noun
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The act of spreading.
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Something that has been spread.
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A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.
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An expanse of land.
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A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.
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A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
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A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
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(bread, etc.) Any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams.
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Food improvised by inmates from various ingredients to relieve the tedium of prison food.
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An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
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Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.
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A numerical difference.
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The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
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The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
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The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.
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The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.
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An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.
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The difference between bidding and asking price.
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The difference between the prices of two similar items.
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An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
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The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.
verb
- 1
To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
“He spread his newspaper on the table.”
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To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions.
“I spread my arms wide and welcomed him home.”
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To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
“I spread the rice grains evenly over the floor.”
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To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
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To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.
“The missionaries quickly spread their new message across the country.”
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To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.
“I dropped my glass; the water spread quickly over the tiled floor.”
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To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.
“She liked to spread butter on her toast while it was still hot.”
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To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.
“He always spreads his toast with peanut butter and strawberry jam.”
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To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
“to spread a table”
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To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.
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