spread

v., spread, spread·ing, spreads.

v.tr.

1. To open to a fuller extent or width; stretch: spread out the tablecloth; a bird spreading its wings.
2. To make wider the gap between; move farther apart: spread her fingers.
3. 1. To distribute over a surface in a layer: spread varnish on the steps.
   2. To cover with a layer: spread a cracker with butter.
4. 1. To distribute widely: The tornado spread destruction.
   2. To make a wide or extensive arrangement of: We spread the bicycle parts out on the floor.
   3. To exhibit or display the full extent of: the scene that was spread before us.
5. To cause to become widely seen or known; scatter or disseminate: spread the news; spread the beam of the flashlight.
6. 1. To prepare (a table) for eating; set.
   2. To arrange (food or a meal) on a table.
7. To flatten (a rivet end, for example) by pounding.

v.intr.

1. To be extended or enlarged.
2. To become distributed or widely dispersed.
3. To increase in range of occurrence; become known or prevalent over a wide area: The word spread fast.
4. To be exhibited, displayed, or visible in broad or full extent: the vista spread seemingly to infinity.
5. To become or admit of being distributed in a layer.
6. To become separated; be forced farther apart.

n.

1. 1. The act of spreading.
   2. Dissemination, as of news; diffusion.
2. 1. An open area of land; an expanse.
   2. A ranch, a farm, or an estate.
3. The extent or limit to which something is or can be spread; range.
4. A cloth covering for a bed, table, or other piece of furniture.
5. Informal. An abundant meal laid out on a table.
6. A food to be spread on bread or crackers.
7. 1. Two facing pages of a magazine or newspaper, often with related matter extending across the fold.
   2. A story or advertisement running across two or more columns of a magazine or newspaper.
8. A difference, as between two figures or totals.
9. 1. A position taken in two or more options or futures contracts in order to profit from a change in their relative prices.
   2. The difference between the price asked and bid for a particular security.
10. A number of points offered to equalize the chances of winning in a wager on a competition, usually between sports teams. Also called point spread.
11. Wingspread.

idiom:

spread (oneself) thin

1. To work on too many projects: overextend oneself.

[Middle English spreden, from Old English -sprǣdan (as in tōsprǣdan, to spread out).]

spreadability spread'a·bil'i·ty n.
spreadable spread'a·ble adj.
spreadably spread'a·bly adv.

1. The difference between the bid and the ask price of a security or asset.

2. An options position established by purchasing one option and selling another option of the same class but of a different series.

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1. The spread for an asset is influenced by a number of factors:

a) Supply or "float" (the total number of shares outstanding that are available to trade)
b) Demand or interest in a stock
c) Total trading activity of the stock

2. For a stock option, the spread would be the difference between the strike price and the market value.

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Commodities: in futures trading, the difference in price between delivery months in the same market, or between different or related contracts. See also Mob Spread; Nob Spread; Ted Spread.

Fixed-income securities: (1) difference between yields on securities of the same quality but different maturities. For example, the spread between 6% short-term Treasury bills and 10% long-term Treasury bonds is 4 percentage points. (2) difference between yields on securities of the same maturity but different quality. For instance, the spread between a 10% long-term Treasury bond and a 14% long-term bond of a B-rated corporation is 4 percentage points, since an investor's risk of default is so much less with the Treasury bond. See also Yield Spread.

Foreign exchange: spreading one currency versus another, or multiple spreads within various currencies. An example would be a long position in the U.S. Dollar versus a short position in the Japanese yen or the Euro. An example of an intermonth spread would be a long March spot position in Swiss francs versus a short March position in the same currency. Spreads are frequently done in cash and futures markets. Interest rate differentials often have significant impact.

Options: position usually consisting of one long call and one short call option, or one long put and one short put option, with each option representing one "leg" of the spread. The two legs, if taken independently, would profit from opposite directional price movements. Spreads usually have lower cost and lower profit potential than an outright long option. They are entered into to reduce risk, or to profit from the change in the relative prices of the options. See also Bear Spread; Bull Spread; Butterfly Spread; Calendar Spread; Credit Spread; Debit Spread; Diagonal Spread; Option; Price Spread; Selling the Spread; Vertical Spread.

Stocks and bonds: (1) difference between the bid and offer price. If a stock is bid at $45 and offered at $46, the spread is $1. This spread narrows or widens according to supply and demand for the security being traded. See also Bid-Asked Spread; Dealer Spread. (2) difference between the high and low price of a particular security over a given period.

Underwriting: difference between the proceeds an issuer of a new security receives and the price paid by the public for the issue. This spread is taken by the underwriting syndicate as payment for its services. A security issued at $100 may entail a spread of $2 for the underwriter, so the issuer receives $98 from the offering. See also Underwriting Spread.

Broadcast:

1. In television filming, to focus the lens on a lighting instrument to its widest opening in order to give maximum width to the light distribution, as, for example, in opening the fresnel spotlight (spotlight with an adjustable lens that allows for the variation of transmitted light) to its flooded capacity.

2. To stretch a live broadcast to fill the entire time slot allotted it.

Printing: type that runs across a page, rather than type that is set in columns.

Publishing: article or advertisement that appears on two facing pages in a publication. If the two facing pages are in the center of the magazine, the piece is said to appear as a center spread.

1. the difference between the Bid price and Asking Price.
Example: The buyer offers to pay $1,000 per Acre but the seller asks $1,300. The spread is $300.

2. The difference between the cost of money and the earnings rate.
Example: Good Money Savings and Loan pays an average interest rate of 10% to its depositors. It earns an average of 12% on its investments. The 2-point spread is adequate to pay Operating Expenses and leave some profit.

verb

1. To move or arrange so as to cover a larger area: expand, extend, fan¹ (out), open (out or up), outstretch, stretch, unfold, unroll. See move/halt.
2. To extend over a wide area: circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, radiate, scatter, strew. See move/halt, wide/narrow.
3. To extend over the surface of: blanket, cap, cover, overlay. See put on/take off.
4. To cause (a disease) to pass to another or others: carry, communicate, convey, give, pass, transmit. See move/halt.
5. To make (information) generally known: advertise, blaze², blazon, broadcast, bruit, circulate, disseminate, noise, promulgate, propagate. Idioms: spread far and wide, spread the word. See knowledge/ignorance.
6. To become known far and wide: circulate, get around, go around, travel. Idioms: gomakethe rounds. See knowledge/ignorance.
7. To arrange tableware upon (a table) in preparation for a meal: lay¹, set¹. See order/disorder.

noun

1. The act of increasing in dimensions, scope, or inclusiveness: enlargement, expansion, extension. See increase/decrease.
2. A wide and open area, as of land, sky, or water: distance, expanse, expansion, extent, reach, space, stretch, sweep. See place.
3. A large meal elaborately prepared or served: banquet, feast, junket. Informal feed. See ingestion.

n

Definition: expansion, development; extent
Antonyms: stagnation, suppression

v

Definition: open or fan out
Antonyms: close, collect, compress, fold up, gather

v

Definition: publicize
Antonyms: conceal, hide, suppress

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lateral spread

A relatively rare form of mass movement; a type of slumping generally only found in the clayey sediment around the edge of ice sheets.

Of air supplied by a air diffuser in an air-conditioned space, the divergence of the airstream after it leaves the outlet.

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IN BRIEF: To open or stretch over a large area.

Happiness is like jam. You can't spread even a little without getting some on yourself. — Unknown.

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Common misspelling(s) of spread

• spreaded

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - sprede, brede, dække, smøre, folde ud, spile ud
v. intr. - spredes, blive udbredt
n. - udbredelse, omfang, vingefang, spændvidde, opslag, opdækning, traktement, smørepålæg

idioms:

• spread eagle    flakt ørn
• spread one's wings    sprede sine vinger
• spread oneself    sprede sig ud, have meget for
• spread out    udsprede, sprede, folde ud

Nederlands (Dutch)
(uit-/ver-)spreiden, uitslaan, rondstrooien, (uit-/be-)smeren, zich verspreiden, zich uitbreiden, zich uitzaaien, sprei, verspreiding, broodbeleg, feestelijk maal, afstand, grote lay-out in een tijdschrift

Français (French)
v. tr. - étendre, étaler, mettre, tartiner, enduire, disperser, épandre, répartir, partager, échelonner, propager, semer, faire courir, faire circuler, (Relig) prêcher la bonne parole
v. intr. - se répandre, s'étaler, s'étendre, se propager, circuler
n. - propagation, diffusion, progression, généralisation, extension, envergure, ouverture, portée, éventail, (Journ) page double, (Culin) pâte à tartiner, festin, (US, Agric) grand ranch

idioms:

• spread eagle    (Hérald) aigle éployé
• spread one's wings    déployer ses ailes
• spread oneself    prendre ses aises, s'étendre
• spread out    se déployer, se disperser, s'étendre, étendre, étaler, disperser

Deutsch (German)
v. - spreizen, streichen, verstreuen, (sich) ausbreiten, (sich) verteilen
n. - Decke, Spanne, Verbreitung, Verteilung, Festessen, Brotaufstrich, (Slang) Ranch

idioms:

• spread eagle    Adler (als Wappentier)
• spread one's wings    sich auf eigene Füße stellen
• spread oneself    großzügig sein
• spread out    verteilen, ausbreiten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (επ)αλείφω, (επι)στρώνω/-ομαι, (εξ)απλώνω/-ομαι, επεκτείνω/-ομαι, ξεδιπλώνω/-ομαι, διαδίδω/-ομαι, διασπείρω/-ομαι
n. - επάλειψη, επάλειμμα, (επ)έκταση, εξάπλωση, άπλωμα, άνοιγμα, διάδοση, διασπορά, γκάμα, φάσμα, κάλυψη, (καθομ.) τσιμπούσι, παχάκια μέσης, (ΗΠΑ) μεγάλο αγρόκτημα, διαφορά μεταξύ προσφερόμενης και ζητούμενης τιμής αξιογράφου

idioms:

• spread eagle    αετός με ανοικτά φτερά
• spread one's wings    απλώνω/ανοίγω τα φτερά μου
• spread oneself    (καθομ.) το ρίχνω έξω, κάνω μεγάλη ζωή, κοκορεύομαι, καυχιέμαι, βάζω τα δυνατά μου, σκίζομαι
• spread out    διασκορπίζομαι, (εξ)απλώνω/-ομαι, εκβλαστάνω, ξεδιπλώνω/-ομαι

Italiano (Italian)
divaricare, spargere, divulgare, spalmare, ripartire, propagarsi, copriletto, distribuzione, companatico, ripartizione

idioms:

• spread eagle    aquila spiegata, campanilismo
• spread one's wings    stendere le ali
• spread oneself    mettercela tutta ma esagerando
• spread out    stendere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - espalhar, untar, estender
n. - extensão (f), taxa de risco (f) (Econ.), divulgação (f), pasta (f) (Culin.)

idioms:

• spread eagle    águia com asas abertas, usada no emblema dos Estados Unidos
• spread one's wings    tornar-se independente
• spread oneself    dividir a atenção
• spread out    dispersar-se

Русский (Russian)
распространение, увеличение, протяженность, накрытый стол, обильное угощение, роскошь напоказ, пастообразный продукт, покрывало, скатерть, простыня, разворот (книги, газеты), распространять, раскладывать, развертывать, намазывать, простирать, распространяться, давать рассрочку, накрывать на стол, растягивать

idioms:

• spread eagle    орел с распростертыми крыльями, эмблема на Большой печати США, птица, разделанная для зажаривания
• spread one's wings    расправить крылья
• spread oneself    стараться понравиться, лезть вон из кожи
• spread out    растягиваться, расширяться, рассредоточиваться, рассыпаться (по полю)

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - extender, desplegar, dispersar, desparramar, esparcir, difundir, divulgar, propagar, untar, distribuir, repartir, proliferar, cundir
v. intr. - propagarse, extenderse, difundirse, divulgarse
n. - colcha, cubrecama, difusión, dispersión, propagación, extensión, pasta, desarrollo

idioms:

• spread eagle    patriotero, fanfarrón
• spread one's wings    desplegar las alas, alzar el vuelo
• spread oneself    ponerse a sus anchas, darse aires, superarse, dedicarse a muchas actividades, extenderse
• spread out    extender, esparcir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - sprida, breda ut, veckla ut, stryka, breda, täcka, föra vidare, platta ut, breda ut sig, utbredande, spridning, utsräckning, omfång, pålägg, vingbredd
n. - utbredande, utbredning, spridning, utsträckning, sträcka, vidd, omfång, flyg, vingbredd, gummfläsk, gubbfläsk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使伸展, 使延伸, 展开, 张开, 摊开, 伸展, 延伸, 传开, 延长, 蔓延, 传播, 散布

idioms:

• spread eagle    展翼鹰, 自夸的人, 似展翼鹰之物
• spread one's wings    设法独立
• spread oneself    舒展四肢, 夸夸其谈, 做得过分
• spread out    展开

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使伸展, 使延伸, 展開, 張開, 攤開
v. intr. - 伸展, 延伸, 傳開, 延長, 蔓延
n. - 傳播, 伸展, 散佈

idioms:

• spread eagle    展翼鷹, 自誇的人, 似展翼鷹之物
• spread one's wings    設法獨立
• spread oneself    舒展四肢, 誇誇其談, 做得過分
• spread out    展開

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 음식을 차려놓다, (날개, 양팔 따위를) 펴다, (얇게) 바르다
v. intr. - (깃발 등이) 퍼지다, (인구 등이) 분포하다, (어떤 기간에) 계속하다
n. - 퍼짐, (광활한) 넓이, 좌우 양면의 광고

idioms:

• spread oneself    퍼지다, 길게 지껄여 대다, 자기 의견을 관철하려고 하다
• spread out    (가지 따위가) 뻗다, (양손 따위를) 벌리다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 広げる, 伸ばす, 薄く塗る, 延ばす, わたらせる, 広める, 伝える, 並べる, 整える, 流布する
n. - 広がり, 幅, 広がること, 普及, パンに塗る物, ベッドカバー, テーブルクロス, 大見出し

idioms:

• spread eagle    翼を広げた鷲, 翼を広げたワシ
• spread one's wings    可能な事を誇示する
• spread oneself    体を伸ばす, 大の字に寝る, 長々と話す, 気前のよさを見せる
• spread out    広げる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) مد, بسط, وزع, نشر, أشاع (خبرا), غطى, فرش (الاسم) انتشار, تمدد, شيوع, مدى, غطاء, تفشي (مرض), أكله أو مائدة طعام عامرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פרש, שטח, פשט, מרח, הפיץ, פיזר‬
v. intr. - ‮השתרע, התפשט, התרחב‬
n. - ‮השתרעות, רוחב, מוטה, מוטת כנפיים, פרישה, מפה, כיסוי, קטע ארוך (בעיתון), ארוחה, סעודה, ממרח, הפרש מחירים, חווה‬

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