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5 VERB If something spreads or is spread by people, it gradually reaches or affects a larger and larger area or more and more people. □ [V prep/adv] The industrial revolution which started a couple of hundred years ago in Europe is now spreading across the world. □ [V ] …the sense of fear spreading in residential neighborhoods. □ [be V -ed] He was fed-up with the lies being spread about him. ● N‑SING Spread is also a noun. □  The greatest hope for reform is the gradual spread of information.

6 VERB 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. □ [V ] Fire spread rapidly after a chemical truck exploded. □ [V prep] A dark red stain was spreading across his shirt. □ [V n prep] In Northern California, a wildfire has spread a haze of smoke over 200 miles. ● N‑SING Spread is also a noun. □  The situation was complicated by the spread of a serious forest fire.

7 VERB If you spread something over a period of time, it takes place regularly or continuously over that period, rather than happening at one time. □ [V n + over ] You can eat all your calorie allowance in one go, or spread it over the day.

8 VERB If you spread something such as wealth or work, you distribute it evenly or equally. □ [V n] …policies that spread the state's wealth more evenly. ● N‑SING Spread is also a noun. □ [+ of ] There are easier ways to encourage the even spread of wealth.

9 N‑SING A spread of ideas, interests, or other things is a wide variety of them. □ [+ of ] …primary schools with a typical spread of ability.

10 N‑COUNT A spread is a large meal, especially one that has been prepared for a special occasion.

11 N‑COUNT 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.

12 N‑SING 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. [BUSINESS ] □  Market makers earn their livings from the spread between buying and selling prices.

13to spread your wings → see wing

▸  spread out

1 PHRASAL VERB If people, animals, or vehicles spread out , they move apart from each other. □ [V P ] Felix watched his men move like soldiers, spreading out into two teams.

2 PHRASAL VERB If something such as a city or forest spreads out , it gets larger and gradually begins to covers a larger area. □ [V P ] Cities such as Tokyo are spreading out.

3 → see spread 1 , spread 2 SYNONYMS spread VERB

1

open out:…oval tables which open out to become circular.

extend:… a table which extends to accommodate extra guests.

stretch:Ease the pastry into the corners of the tin, making sure you don't stretch it.

unfold:The bird's wings unfold to an impressive six-foot span.

3

coat:Coat the fish with seasoned flour.

smear:Smear a little olive oil over the inside of the salad bowl.

smooth:She smoothed the lotion across his shoulder blades.

plaster:She plastered herself from head to toe in high-factor sun lotion.

sprea d bet|ting N‑UNCOUNT Spread betting is a form of gambling that involves predicting a range of possible scores or results rather than one particular score or result.