4a soft paste that can be applied in a layer to bread or other food:low-fat spreads [mass noun]:cheese spread
5an article or advertisement covering several columns or pages of a newspaper or magazine, especially one on two facing pages:a double-page spread
6 informal a large and impressively elaborate meal:his mother laid on a huge spread
7North American a large farm or ranch.
8North American a bedspread:a patchwork spread
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Universal
1 [with object] open out (something) so as to extend its surface area, width, or length:I spread a towel on the sand and sat downshe helped Colin to spread out the map
stretch out (arms, legs, hands, fingers, or wings) so that they are far apart: [with object and complement]:Bobby spread his arms wide
2 [no object, with adverbial] extend over a large or increasing area:rain over north-west Scotland will spread south-east during the day
(spread out) (of a group of people) move apart so as to cover a wider area:the Marines spread out across the docks
[with object and adverbial] distribute or disperse (something) over an area:volcanic eruptions spread dust high into the stratosphere
gradually reach or cause to reach a wider area or more people: [no object]:the violence spread from the city centre to the suburbs [with object]:she’s always spreading rumours
(of people, animals, or plants) become distributed over a large or larger area:the owls have spread as far north as Kuala Lumpur
[with object and adverbial] distribute in a specified way:you can spread the payments over as long a period as you like
3 [with object and adverbial] apply (a substance) to an object or surface in an even layer:he sighed, spreading jam on a croissant
cover (a surface) with a substance in an even layer:spread each slice thinly with mayonnaise
[no object, with adverbial] be able to be applied in an even layer:a tub of unsalted butter that spreads so well