"spread" Definition

Definitions for the word "spread" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v.
(past and past part. Spread) 1 (often foll. By out) a open, extend, or unfold. B cause to cover a surface or larger area. C display thus. 2 (often foll. By out) have a wide, specified, or increasing extent. 3 become or make widely known, felt, etc. (rumours are spreading). 4 a cover (spread the wall with paint). B lay (a table). n. 1 act of spreading. 2 capability or extent of spreading (has a large spread). 3 diffusion (spread of learning). 4 breadth. 5 increased girth (middle-aged spread). 6 difference between two rates, prices, etc. 7 colloq. Elaborate meal. 8 paste for spreading on bread etc. 9 bedspread. 10 printed matter spread across more than one column. spread oneself be lavish or discursive. Spread one''s wings develop one''s powers fully. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
2. slang
butter. Term with workmen and schoolboys. _See_ SCRAPE.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
3. slang
a lady’s shawl, an entertainment, a display of good things.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
4. slang
a meal. Sporting term for a dinner. A sporting man often challenges another to compete with him at any athletic pursuit or pastime, for so much wine and a SPREAD of large or small proportions.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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