Broad (adjective)
Wide in extent or scope.
“three feet broad”
“the broad expanse of ocean”
Broad (adjective)
Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
Broad (adjective)
Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
Broad (adjective)
Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
Broad (adjective)
Plain; evident.
“a broad hint”
Broad (adjective)
Unsubtle; obvious.
Broad (adjective)
Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
Broad (adjective)
Gross; coarse; indelicate.
“a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humour”
Broad (adjective)
Strongly regional.
Broad (adjective)
Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
Broad (noun)
A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
Broad (noun)
A woman or girl.
“Who was that broad I saw you with?”
Broad (noun)
A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
Broad (noun)
A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
Broad (noun)
A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.
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.”
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.”
Spread (verb)
To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area. from 13th c.
“I spread the rice grains evenly over the floor.”
Spread (verb)
To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated. from 13th c.
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
Spread (verb)
To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
“to spread a table”
Spread (verb)
To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours. from 20th c.
Spread (noun)
The act of spreading.
Spread (noun)
Something that has been spread.
Spread (noun)
A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.
Spread (noun)
An expanse of land.
Spread (noun)
A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.
Spread (noun)
A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
Spread (noun)
A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
Spread (noun)
Any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams.
Spread (noun)
Food improvised by inmates from various ingredients to relieve the tedium of prison food.
“swole”
Spread (noun)
An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
Spread (noun)
Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.
Spread (noun)
A numerical difference.
Spread (noun)
The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
Spread (noun)
The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
Spread (noun)
The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.
Spread (noun)
The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.
Spread (noun)
An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.
Spread (noun)
The difference between bidding and asking price.
Spread (noun)
The difference between the prices of two similar items.
Spread (noun)
An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
Spread (noun)
The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.
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”
Spread (verb)
stretch out (arms, legs, hands, fingers, or wings) so that they are far apart
“Bobby spread his arms wide”
Spread (verb)
extend over a large or increasing area
“rain over north-west Scotland will spread south-east during the day”
Spread (verb)
(of a group of people) move apart so as to cover a wider area
“the Marines spread out across the docks”
Spread (verb)
distribute or disperse (something) over an area
“volcanic eruptions spread dust high into the stratosphere”
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”
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”
Spread (verb)
distribute in a specified way
“you can spread the payments over as long a period as you like”
Spread (verb)
apply (a substance) to an object or surface in an even layer
“he sighed, spreading jam on a croissant”
Spread (verb)
cover (a surface) with a substance in an even layer
“spread each slice thinly with mayonnaise”
Spread (verb)
be able to be applied in an even layer
“a tub of unsalted butter that spreads so well”
Spread (verb)
lay (a table) for a meal.
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”
Spread (noun)
the extent, width, or area covered by something
“the male’s antlers can attain a spread of six feet”
Spread (noun)
the wingspan of a bird
“the red-tailed hawk has a four-and-a-half-foot spread”
Spread (noun)
an expanse or amount of something
“the green spread of the park”
Spread (noun)
a large farm or ranch.
Spread (noun)
the range or variety of something
“a wide spread of ages”
Spread (noun)
the difference between two rates or prices
“the very narrow spread between borrowing and deposit rates”
Spread (noun)
short for point spread
Spread (noun)
a soft paste that can be applied in a layer to bread or other food
“cheese spread”
“low-fat spreads”
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”
Spread (noun)
a large and impressively elaborate meal
“his mother laid on a huge spread”
Spread (noun)
a bedspread
“a patchwork spread”