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If you s_____ your arms, hands, fingers, or legs, you stretch them out until they are far apart.If you spread your arms, hands, fingers, or legs, you stretch them out until they are far apart.Sitting on the floor, spread your legs as far as they will go without overstretching.He stepped back and spread his hands wide. 'You are most welcome to our home.'David spread out his hands as if showing that he had no explanation.You need a bed that's large enough to let you spread yourself out. verbIf you spread something somewhere, you open it out or arrange it over a place or surface, so that all of it can be seen or used easily.She spread a towel on the sand and lay on it.His coat was spread over the bed.He extracted several glossy prints and spread them out on a low coffee table.In his room, Tom was spreading out a map of Scandinavia on the bed.If you spread your arms, hands, fingers, or legs, you stretch them out until they are far apart.Sitting on the floor, spread your legs as far as they will go without overstretching.He stepped back and spread his hands wide. 'You are most welcome to our home.'David spread out his hands as if showing that he had no explanation.You need a bed that's large enough to let you spread yourself out.If you spread a substance on a surface or spread the surface with the substance, you put a thin layer of the substance over the surface.Spread the mixture in the cake tin and bake for 30 minutes.A thick layer of wax was spread over the surface.Spread the bread with the cheese.If something spreads or is spread by people, it gradually reaches or affects a larger and larger area or more and more people.The industrial revolution which started a couple of hundred years ago in Europe is now spreading across the world....the sense of fear spreading in residential neighborhoods.He was fed-up with the lies being spread about him.The greatest hope for reform is the gradual spread of information.Thanks to the spread of modern technology, trained workers are now more vital than ever.If something such as a liquid, gas, or smoke spreads or is spread, it moves outwards in all directions so that it covers a larger area.Fire spread rapidly after a chemical truck exploded.A dark red stain was spreading across his shirt.In Northern California, a wildfire has spread a haze of smoke over 200 miles.The situation was complicated by the spread of a serious forest fire.If you spread something over a period of time, it takes place regularly or continuously over that period, rather than happening at one time.You can eat all your calorie allowance in one go, or spread it over the day.The course is spread over a five week period.If you spread something such as wealth or work, you distribute it evenly or equally....policies that spread the state's wealth more evenly.The loss of jobs has been far more evenly spread across the regions than it was during the early 1980s.There are easier ways to encourage the even spread of wealth.nounSpread is a soft food which is put on bread....a wholemeal salad roll with low fat spread.A spread of ideas, interests, or other things is a wide variety of them....primary schools with a typical spread of ability.We have an enormous spread of industries around the country.A spread is a large meal, especially one that has been prepared for a special occasion .A spread is two pages of a book, magazine, or newspaper that are opposite each other when you open it at a particular place.There was a double-page spread of a dinner for 46 people.Spread is used to refer to the difference between the price that a seller wants someone to pay for a particular stock or share and the price that the buyer is willing to pay.Market makers earn their livings from the spread between buying and selling prices. B1

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query	If you s_____ your arms, hands, fingers, or legs, you stretch them out until they are far apart.If you spread your arms, hands, fingers, or legs, you stretch them out until they are far apart. Sitting on the floor, spread your legs as far as they will go without overstretching. He stepped back and spread his hands wide. 'You are most welcome to our home.' David spread out his hands as if showing that he had no explanation. You need a bed that's large enough to let you spread yourself out.
word	spread
full-definition	verb If you spread something somewhere, you open it out or arrange it over a place or surface, so that all of it can be seen or used easily. She spread a towel on the sand and lay on it. His coat was spread over the bed. He extracted several glossy prints and spread them out on a low coffee table. In his room, Tom was spreading out a map of Scandinavia on the bed. If you spread your arms, hands, fingers, or legs, you stretch them out until they are far apart. Sitting on the floor, spread your legs as far as they will go without overstretching. He stepped back and spread his hands wide. 'You are most welcome to our home.' David spread out his hands as if showing that he had no explanation. You need a bed that's large enough to let you spread yourself out. If you spread a substance on a surface or spread the surface with the substance, you put a thin layer of the substance over the surface. Spread the mixture in the cake tin and bake for 30 minutes. A thick layer of wax was spread over the surface. Spread the bread with the cheese. If something spreads or is spread by people, it gradually reaches or affects a larger and larger area or more and more people. The industrial revolution which started a couple of hundred years ago in Europe is now spreading across the world. ...the sense of fear spreading in residential neighborhoods. He was fed-up with the lies being spread about him. The greatest hope for reform is the gradual spread of information. Thanks to the spread of modern technology, trained workers are now more vital than ever. If something such as a liquid, gas, or smoke spreads or is spread, it moves outwards in all directions so that it covers a larger area. Fire spread rapidly after a chemical truck exploded. A dark red stain was spreading across his shirt. In Northern California, a wildfire has spread a haze of smoke over 200 miles. The situation was complicated by the spread of a serious forest fire. If you spread something over a period of time, it takes place regularly or continuously over that period, rather than happening at one time. You can eat all your calorie allowance in one go, or spread it over the day. The course is spread over a five week period. If you spread something such as wealth or work, you distribute it evenly or equally. ...policies that spread the state's wealth more evenly. The loss of jobs has been far more evenly spread across the regions than it was during the early 1980s. There are easier ways to encourage the even spread of wealth. noun Spread is a soft food which is put on bread. ...a wholemeal salad roll with low fat spread. A spread of ideas, interests, or other things is a wide variety of them. ...primary schools with a typical spread of ability. We have an enormous spread of industries around the country. A spread is a large meal, especially one that has been prepared for a special occasion . A spread is two pages of a book, magazine, or newspaper that are opposite each other when you open it at a particular place. There was a double-page spread of a dinner for 46 people. Spread is used to refer to the difference between the price that a seller wants someone to pay for a particular stock or share and the price that the buyer is willing to pay. Market makers earn their livings from the spread between buying and selling prices.
inflections	spreadsspreading
cefr-level	B1

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