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Broad (adjective)
Wide in extent or scope.
“three feet broad”
“the broad expanse of ocean”
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Broad (adjective)
Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
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Broad (adjective)
Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
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Broad (adjective)
Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
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Broad (adjective)
Plain; evident.
“a broad hint”
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Broad (adjective)
Unsubtle; obvious.
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Broad (adjective)
Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
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Broad (adjective)
Gross; coarse; indelicate.
“a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humour”
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Broad (adjective)
Strongly regional.
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Broad (adjective)
Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
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Broad (noun)
A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
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Broad (noun)
A woman or girl.
“Who was that broad I saw you with?”
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Broad (noun)
A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
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Broad (noun)
A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
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Broad (noun)
A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.
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Spread (verb)
To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space. from 13th c.
“He spread his newspaper on the table.”
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Spread (verb)
To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. from 13th c.
“I spread my arms wide and welcomed him home.”
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Spread (verb)
To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area. from 13th c.
“I spread the rice grains evenly over the floor.”
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Spread (verb)
To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated. from 13th c.
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Spread (verb)
To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present. from 14th c.
“The missionaries quickly spread their new message across the country.”
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Spread (verb)
To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended. from 14th c.
“I dropped my glass; the water spread quickly over the tiled floor.”
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Spread (verb)
To smear, to distribute in a thin layer. from 16th c.
“She liked to spread butter on her toast while it was still hot.”
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Spread (verb)
To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter. from 16th c.
“He always spreads his toast with peanut butter and strawberry jam.”
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Spread (verb)
To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
“to spread a table”
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Spread (verb)
To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours. from 20th c.
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Spread (noun)
The act of spreading.
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Spread (noun)
Something that has been spread.
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Spread (noun)
A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.
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Spread (noun)
An expanse of land.
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Spread (noun)
A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.
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Spread (noun)
A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
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Spread (noun)
A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
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Spread (noun)
Any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams.
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Spread (noun)
Food improvised by inmates from various ingredients to relieve the tedium of prison food.
“swole”
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Spread (noun)
An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
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Spread (noun)
Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.
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Spread (noun)
A numerical difference.
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Spread (noun)
The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
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Spread (noun)
The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
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Spread (noun)
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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Spread (noun)
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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Spread (noun)
An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.
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Spread (noun)
The difference between bidding and asking price.
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Spread (noun)
The difference between the prices of two similar items.
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Spread (noun)
An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
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Spread (noun)
The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.
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Spread (verb)
open out (something) so as to extend its surface area, width, or length
“she helped Colin to spread out the map”
“I spread a towel on the sand and sat down”
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Spread (verb)
stretch out (arms, legs, hands, fingers, or wings) so that they are far apart
“Bobby spread his arms wide”
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Spread (verb)
extend over a large or increasing area
“rain over north-west Scotland will spread south-east during the day”
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Spread (verb)
(of a group of people) move apart so as to cover a wider area
“the Marines spread out across the docks”
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Spread (verb)
distribute or disperse (something) over an area
“volcanic eruptions spread dust high into the stratosphere”
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Spread (verb)
gradually reach or cause to reach a wider area or more people
“she’s always spreading rumours”
“the violence spread from the city centre to the suburbs”
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Spread (verb)
(of people, animals, or plants) become distributed over a large or larger area
“the owls have spread as far north as Kuala Lumpur”
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Spread (verb)
distribute in a specified way
“you can spread the payments over as long a period as you like”
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Spread (verb)
apply (a substance) to an object or surface in an even layer
“he sighed, spreading jam on a croissant”
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Spread (verb)
cover (a surface) with a substance in an even layer
“spread each slice thinly with mayonnaise”
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Spread (verb)
be able to be applied in an even layer
“a tub of unsalted butter that spreads so well”
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Spread (verb)
lay (a table) for a meal.
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Spread (noun)
the fact or process of spreading over an area
“the spread of the urban population into rural areas”
“warmer temperatures could help reduce the spread of the disease”
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Spread (noun)
the extent, width, or area covered by something
“the male’s antlers can attain a spread of six feet”
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Spread (noun)
the wingspan of a bird
“the red-tailed hawk has a four-and-a-half-foot spread”
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Spread (noun)
an expanse or amount of something
“the green spread of the park”
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Spread (noun)
a large farm or ranch.
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Spread (noun)
the range or variety of something
“a wide spread of ages”
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Spread (noun)
the difference between two rates or prices
“the very narrow spread between borrowing and deposit rates”
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Spread (noun)
short for point spread
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Spread (noun)
a soft paste that can be applied in a layer to bread or other food
“cheese spread”
“low-fat spreads”
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Spread (noun)
an article or advertisement covering several columns or pages of a newspaper or magazine, especially one on two facing pages
“a double-page spread”
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Spread (noun)
a large and impressively elaborate meal
“his mother laid on a huge spread”
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Spread (noun)
a bedspread
“a patchwork spread”