| SPREAD | • spread v. (Transitive) To stretch out, open out (A material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space. • spread v. (Transitive) To extend (Individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. • spread v. (Transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area. |
| ASPREAD | • aspread adj. Spread out. • ASPREAD adv. (archaic) in a spreading state. |
| LIPREAD | • lipread v. To determine what a person is saying by watching how their lips move. • lip-read v. Alternative spelling of lipread. • LIPREAD v. to understand spoken words by interpreting the lip movements of a speaker. |
| BESPREAD | • bespread v. (Transitive) To spread over; to cover with. • BESPREAD v. to spread over. |
| DISPREAD | • dispread v. (Archaic, rare) To spread out, to extend. • DISPREAD v. (Spenser) to spread out, also DISPRED. |
| RESPREAD | • respread v. To spread again. • re-spread v. Alternative spelling of respread. • RESPREAD v. to spread again. |
| BEDSPREAD | • bedspread n. The topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a blanket. • bedspread n. A coverlet. • BEDSPREAD n. a coverlet for a bed. |
| MANSPREAD | • manspread v. (Informal, derogatory, usually of a man) To splay one’s legs open whilst sitting on public transport… • MANSPREAD v. of a man, to sit with the legs spread wide apart (as in a public seating area) in a way that intrudes on the space of others. |
| OUTSPREAD | • outspread v. (Transitive, intransitive) To spread out; expand; extend. • outspread adj. Extended outward, as one’s arms. • OUTSPREAD v. to spread out. |
| MUCKSPREAD | • MUCKSPREAD v. to spread manure on fields. |
| OVERSPREAD | • overspread v. (Transitive) To spread over or across (something); cover over; be scattered over; permeate, overrun. • overspread v. (Intransitive) To be spread or scattered about. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • OVERSPREAD v. to spread over or above. |
| WIDESPREAD | • widespread adj. Affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused. • wide-spread adj. Alternative spelling of widespread. • WIDESPREAD adj. widely diffused or prevalent. |
| WINGSPREAD | • wingspread n. The distance between the extreme tips of the wings of a bird, insect or aircraft. • WINGSPREAD n. the spread of the wings. |