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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.
    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.
    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.
    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. The act of spreading.
    2. Dissemination, as of news; diffusion.
    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.
    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.
    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.
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Investment Dictionary: Spread
 
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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.

Investopedia Says:
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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Financial & Investment Dictionary: Spread
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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.

 
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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.

 
Real Estate Dictionary: Spread
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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.

 
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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.

 
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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

 
Geography Dictionary: spread
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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.

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

 
Word Tutor: spread
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pronunciation

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

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

 
Wikipedia: Spread betting
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Spread betting is any of various types of wagering on the outcome of an event, where the pay-off is based on the accuracy of the wager, rather than a simple "win or lose" outcome, which is known as fixed-odds or money-line betting. A spread is a range of outcomes, and the bet is whether the outcome will be above or below the spread. Spread betting has been a major growth market in the UK in recent years, with the number of gamblers heading towards one million.[1] Spread betting carries a high level of risk, with potential losses or gains far in excess of the original money wagered.[2] In the UK, spread betting is regulated by the Financial Services Authority rather than the Gambling Commission.[3]

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Purpose

The general purpose of spread betting is to create an active market for both sides of a wager, even if the outcome of an event may appear a priori to be biased towards one side or the other. In a sporting event, for example, a strong team may be pitted against a historically weaker team. Persons betting on the event normally would be likely to favor the better team, to such an extent that there would be very few, if any, betting on the team perceived to be worse.

The use of a "point spread" evens out the market towards an equal number of participants on each side of the wager. This allows a bookmaker to make a market by accepting wagers on both sides of the spread. The bookmaker charges a commission and acts as the counterparty for each participant. As long as the number of participants on each side is roughly equal, the bookmaker is unconcerned with the actual outcome; profits instead come from the commissions.

Spreads in sports wagering

Spread betting was invented by Charles K. McNeil, a mathematics teacher from Connecticut who became a bookmaker in Chicago in the 1940s.[4] The idea became popular in the United Kingdom in the 1980s. In North America, the gambler usually wagers that the difference between the scores of two teams will be less than or greater than the value specified by the bookmaker. An example:

  • The bookmaker advertises a spread of 4 points in a certain game;
  • If the gambler bets on the "underdog", he is said to take the points and will win if the underdog's score plus the spread is greater than the favourite's score.
  • The eventual score is Underdog 8, Favourite 10: 8 + 4 > 10, so the gambler wins;
  • The eventual score is Underdog 8, Favourite 13: 8 + 4 < 13, so the gambler loses.
  • If the gambler bets on the "favourite", he gives the points and will win if the favourite's score minus the spread is greater than the underdog's score:
  • The eventual score is Underdog 4, Favourite 10: 10 - 4 > 4, so the gambler wins;
  • The eventual score is Underdog 8, Favourite 10: 10 - 4 < 8, so the gambler loses.

Spreads are frequently, though not always, specified in half-point fractions to eliminate the possibility of a tie, known as a push. In the event of a push, the game is considered no action, and no money is won or lost. However, this is not a desirable outcome for the sports book, as they are forced to refund every bet, and although both the book and its bettors will be even, if the cost of overhead is taken into account, the book has actually lost money by taking bets on the event. Sports books are generally permitted to state "ties win" or "ties lose" to avoid the necessity of refunding every bet.

A teaser is a bet that alters the spread in the gambler's favour by a predetermined margin, often six points— for example, if the line is 3.5 points and the bettor wants to place a teaser bet on the underdog, he takes 9.5 points instead; a teaser bet on the favourite would mean that the gambler takes 2.5 points instead of having to give the 3.5. In return for the additional points, the payout if the gambler wins is less than even money. At some establishments, the "reverse teaser" also exists, which alters the spread against the gambler, who gets paid at more than evens if the bet wins.

Bets on the total (over/under)

In addition to the spread bet, a very common "side bet" on an event will be the total (commonly called the over/under or O/U) bet. This is a bet on the total number of points scored by both teams. Suppose the Cowboys are playing the Giants and the total is set at 44.5 points. If the final score is Giants 24, Cowboys 17, the total is 41 and bettors who took the under will win. If the final score is Giants 31, Cowboys 24, the total is 55 and bettors who took the over will win. The total is popular because it allows gamblers to bet on their overall perception of the game (e.g., a high-scoring offensive show or a defensive battle) without needing to pick the actual winner.

In the UK, these bets are sometimes called spread bets, but rather than a simple win/loss, the bet pays more or less depending on how far from the spread the final result is.

Example: In a football match the bookmaker believes that 12 or 13 corners will occur, thus the spread will be set at 12-13.

  • A gambler believes that there will be more than 13 corners, and "buys" at £25 a point at 13.
  • If the number of corners is 16, the gambler wins (16 - 13) = 3 x £25.
  • If the number of corners is 10, the gambler loses (13 - 10) = 3 x £25.
  • A "sell" transaction is similar except that it is made against the bottom value of the spread.
  • Often "live pricing" will change the spread during the course of an event, allowing a profit to be increased or a loss minimized.

In North American sports betting many of these wagers would be classified as over-under (or, more commonly today, total) bets rather than spread bets. However, these are for one side or another of a total only, and do not increase the amount won or lost as the actual moves away from the bookmaker's prediction. Instead, over-under or total bets are handled much like point-spread bets on a team, with the usual 10/11 (4.55%) commission applied. Many Nevada sports books will allow these bets to be used in parlays, just like team point spread bets, making it possible to bet, for instance, "the Packers and the over", and be paid if both the Packers "cover" the point spread and the total score is higher than the book's prediction. (Such parlays usually pay off at odds of 13:5 with no "vig", just as a standard two-team parlay would.)

In 2004 Cantor Fitzgerald launched the spread betting exchange Cantor Spreadfair, which matches up spread bettors opposing views and allows them to bet with each other. This removal of the faceless bookmaker allows clients to bet at the spread size and momentary level that they request, and in turn this creates a tighter spread margin, which in turn allows users to lose less and win more than with the non-exchange spread-betting firms. In December 2008, Cantor closed Spreadfair and would focus only on Financial spread betting and CFD business. Currently, there is no exchange for sports spread betting, a market dominated by UK company Sporting Index.

The mathematical analysis of spreads and spread betting is a large and growing subject. For example, sports that have simple 1-point scoring systems (e.g., baseball, hockey, and soccer) may be analysed using Poisson and Skellam statistics.

Financial spread betting

By far the largest part of the official market in the UK concerns financial instruments; the leading spread-betting companies make most of their revenues from financial markets, their sports operations much less significant.[citation needed] Financial spread betting in the United Kingdom closely resembles the futures and options markets, the major differences being

  • the "charge" occurs through a wider bid-offer spread;
  • spread betting has a different tax regime compared with securities and futures exchanges (see below);
  • spread betting is more flexible since it is not limited to exchange hours or definitions, can create new instruments relatively easily (e.g. individual stock futures), and may have guaranteed stop losses (see below); and
  • the trading is off-exchange, with the contract existing directly between the market-making company and the client, rather than exchange-cleared, and is thus subject to a lower level of regulation although the spread betting companies themselves are some of the most regulated entities in the City of London.[citation needed]

Unlike fixed-odds betting, the amount won or lost can be unlimited as there is no single stake to limit any loss. However, it is usually possible to negotiate limits with the bookmaker:

  • A "stop loss" or "stop" will automatically close the bet if the spread moves against the gambler by a specified amount.
  • A "stop win", "limit" or "take profit" will close the bet when the spread moves in a gambler's favour by a specified amount.

Spread betting has moved outside the ambit of sport and financial markets (that is, those dealing solely with shares and futures), to cover a wide range of markets, such as house prices.[5]

In a falling stockmarket, financial spread betting can also be used by investors as a means of hedging against predicted losses in a portfolio of shares.[6]

Tax treatment

Profits from financial spread betting are currently free from Capital Gains Tax whatever the trader’s personal circumstances, and also Income Tax for those who can demonstrate they have another source of income on which they are able to support themselves financially. If a trader relies solely on their profits from financial spread betting to support themselves, they may be required to pay Income Tax on those profits [7].

Financial spread bet example

Suppose Lloyds TSB is trading on the market at 410p bid, and 411p offer. A spread-betting company is also offering 410-411p. We use cash bets with no definite expiry.

For example, if I think the share price is going to go up, I might bet £10 a point (i.e., £10 per penny the shares moves) at 411p. We use the offer price since I am "buying" the share (betting on its increase). Note that my total loss (if LloydsTSB went to 0p) could be up to £4110, so this is as risky as buying 1000 of the shares normally.

If a bet goes overnight, the bettor is charged a financing cost (or receives it, if the bettor is shorting the stock). This might be set at LIBOR + a certain percentage, usually around 2/3%.

Thus, in the example, if Lloyds TSB are trading at 411p, then for every day I keep the bet open I am charged [taking finance cost to be 7%] ((411p x 10) * 7% / 365 ) = £0.78821 (or 78.8p)

On top of this, the bettor needs an amount (AKA margin) in the spread-betting account to cover the bet. Usually this is either 5 or 10% of the total exposure you are taking on but can go up to 100% on illiquid stocks. In this case £4110 * 0.1 or 0.05 = £411.00 or £ 205.50

If at the end of the bet Lloyds TSB traded at 400-401p, I need to cover that £4110 - £400*10 (£4000) = £110 difference by putting extra deposit (or margin) into the account.

The bettor will usually receive all dividends and other corporate adjustments in the financing charge each night. For example, suppose Lloyds TSB goes ex-dividend with dividend of 23.5p. The bettor will receive that amount.

Dangers of financial spread betting

According to an article in the The Times dated 10 April 2009 it is indicated that approximately 30,000 spread bet accounts were opened last year, and that the largest study of gambling in the UK on behalf of the Gambling Commission found that serious problems developed in almost 15% of spread betters compared to 1% of other gambling. In addition a report from Cass Business School found that only 1 in 5 punters ends up a winner. Even more seriously, although financial spread betting in the UK is regulated by the Financial Services Authority it was noted that the spread betting companies provide little protection for those who run into trouble even though problems can lead to suicidal feelings. [8]

Notable spread bets

Large fortunes have been made and lost from financial spread betting. Vince Stanzione is a well known spread bettor and made well over £2 million spread betting commodities.[9]

A not so successful spread bet was placed by Mike Ashley on the shares of HBOS, which is reported to have lost £300 million. Ashley was long HBOS expecting them to go up when in fact they continued to drop before being taken over by Lloyds TSB.[10]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The Sunday Times: World Cup to kick off boom in spread betting
  2. ^ The Times: The perils of spread-betting
  3. ^ Gambling Commission
  4. ^ Gambling Times: What are the Odds?
  5. ^ The Sunday Times: Spread betting
  6. ^ MoneyWeek: How to profit from market turmoil
  7. ^ Simple Spread Trading: Is Spread Betting really tax-free?
  8. ^ The Times: How the spread-betting industry fails investors who get into trouble 10 April 2009
  9. ^ Sunday Observer, Jill Insley
  10. ^ Dail Mail: Newcastle United tycoon Mike Ashley 'lost £300m on HBOS bet'

Further reading

  • Malcolm Pryor (2007). The Financial Spread Betting Handbook. Harriman House. ISBN 189-7597-93-2. 

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Misspellings: spread
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  • spreaded

 
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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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