spread

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsprɛd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/sprɛd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(spred)

Inflections of 'spread' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
spreads
v 3rd person singular
spreading
v pres p
spread
v past
spread
v past p

Collocations for "spread"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "spread" in context.

WordReference English Collocations © 2025

spread

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
v
  1. spread the [word, message, news, gossip, rumor]
  2. spread the [message, word] (about)
  3. spread the [butter, cheese] on the [bread, toast, biscuit]
  4. spread (out) the [blanket, towel, tablecloth]
  5. spread the [blanket] (out) over
  6. spread it over [the table, the surface, her knees]
  7. spread (yourself) out on the [bed, couch]
  8. spread [his legs, her arms] out
  9. spread out [his legs]
  10. sexually explicit: spread her legs (for)
  11. spread (yourself) too thin
  12. spread your [investments, portfolio, bets]
  13. spread over several [months, miles, minutes]
  14. spread across several [months]
  15. the [illness, disease] is spread [through, by]
  16. the fire spread [wildly, out of control, to neighboring towns]
  17. spread from [person to person, place to place]
  18. spread like wildfire
  19. his [control, power, influence] spread
  20. spread throughout [Europe]
  21. spread across [Europe]
  22. the [news, rumors] spread far and wide
  23. [allowed, helped] it to spread
  24. prevented it from spreading
  25. spread [grain, seeds] on the [patch, fields]
n
  1. a [sandwich, cheese, sweet, savory] spread
  2. [a thin, an even, a thick] spread (of butter)
  3. the [slow, steady, fast, rapid] spread of [malaria, AIDS, disease]
  4. [stop, prevent, curb] the spread of [malaria]
  5. attempts to [stem, stop, prevent] the spread of the [malaria]
  6. an [equal, unequal] spread of [wealth, employment]
  7. [measure, determine, analyze] the spread of [wealth]
  8. the [price, debt, rate] spread
  9. [a full, a half, an inside, a two] -page spread
  10. the company [put, laid] on a lavish spread
  11. the wing has a spread of [10, 20] feet
  12. a spread of [icing, butter, marmalade, paint]
  13. a [large, beautiful, vast] spread of land
  14. a spread for the [sofa, bed, hammock, armchair]
  15. a wide spread of [ages, backgrounds, nationalities]
  16. bet on the spread
  17. a [10-point] spread
  18. (didn't) beat the spread
n as adj
  1. spread [betting, bets, investments]
'spread' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
AIDS - Gospel - almond - ash - automation - avocado - bagel - baking - batter - blaze - bread - butter - cancer - curb - curtail - deceased - disease - dough - even - evenly - fire - flame - generally - geography - good - gossip - halt - heather - hijack - juicy - love - manure - muck - mustard - myth - nation - nearby - oil - olive - ooze - outbreak - panic - peacock - picnic - plague - plaster - preserve - prevent - rampant - relish

Forum discussions with the word(s) "spread" in the title:

  • Go to Preferences page and choose from different actions for taps or mouse clicks.

In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | Romanian | German | Dutch | Swedish | Russian | Polish | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Advertisements
Advertisements
Report an inappropriate ad.
WordReference.com
WORD OF THE DAY
GET THE DAILY EMAIL!

Become a WordReference Supporter to view the site ad-free.