spread : Idioms & Phrases
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center spread
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noun the spread at the center of a magazine
center spread.
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centre spread
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noun the spread at the center of a magazine
center spread.
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cheese spread
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noun spread made of cheese mixed with butter or cream or cream cheese and seasonings
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Spread eagle
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noun an emblem (an eagle with wings and legs spread) on the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States
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noun a skating figure executed with the skates heel to heel in a straight line
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(a) An eagle with outspread wings, the national emblem of the United States.(b) The figure of an eagle, with its wings elevated and its legs extended; often met as a device upon military ornaments, and the like .(c) (Her.) An eagle displayed; an eagle with the wings and legs extended on each side of the body, as in the double-headed eagle of Austria and Russia. SeeDisplayed , 2.
Webster 1913
spread head
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noun two facing pages of a book or other publication
spread; facing pages; spreadhead.
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spread out
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verb move outward
fan out; spread; diffuse.
- The soldiers fanned out
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verb set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series
string out.
- the houses were strung out in a long row
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verb strew or distribute over an area
spread; scatter.
- He spread fertilizer over the lawn
- scatter cards across the table
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verb extend in one or more directions
expand.
- The dough expands
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verb turn outward
splay; rotate; turn out.
- These birds can splay out their toes
- ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees
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verb move away from each other;
scatter; disperse; dissipate.
- The crowds dispersed
- The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached
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verb spread out or open from a closed or folded state
spread; open; unfold.
- open the map
- spread your arms
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spread over
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verb form a cover over
cover.
- The grass covered the grave
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spread-eagle
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verb stretch out completely
spread-eagle.
- They spread-eagled him across the floor
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verb stretch over
spread-eagle.
- His residences spread-eagle the entire county
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verb execute a spread eagle on skates, with arms and legs stretched out
spread-eagle.
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verb stand with arms and legs spread out
spread-eagle.
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verb defeat disastrously
spreadeagle; spread-eagle; rout.
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adjective satellite with arms and legs stretched out and apart
- lay spread-eagle on the floor
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Spread"-ea`gle adjective
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Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; Colloq.& Humorousas, a .spread-eagle orator; aspread-eagle speech[MW10] "esp. of the greatnes of the U.S."
Spread"-ea`gle intransitive verb
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To assume a spread-eagled position; -- it may be done reclining, for relaxation, or momentarily, as an exhibitionary maneuver in a sport.
Webster 1913
spread-eagled
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verb stretch out completely
spread-eagle.
- They spread-eagled him across the floor
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verb stretch over
spread-eagle.
- His residences spread-eagle the entire county
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verb execute a spread eagle on skates, with arms and legs stretched out
spread-eagle.
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verb stand with arms and legs spread out
spread-eagle.
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verb defeat disastrously
spreadeagle; spread-eagle; rout.
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Spread"-ea`gled
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To place in a spread-eagle position, especially as a means of punishment. being in a position with the arms and legs extended fully.
Webster 1913
spread-out
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adjective satellite especially spread in a fan shape
fanned.
- the peacock's fanned tail
- the spread-out cards
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spreading bellflower
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noun European perennial bellflower that grows in clumps with spreading stems and blue or white flowers
Campanula carpatica; tussock bellflower.
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spreading dogbane
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noun North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
common dogbane; Apocynum androsaemifolium; rheumatism weed.
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spreading factor
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noun an enzyme (trade name Hyazyme) that splits hyaluronic acid and so lowers its viscosity and increases the permeability of connective tissue and the absorption of fluids
hyaluronidase; Hyazyme.
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spreading fleabane
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noun well-branched plant with hairy leaves and stems each with a solitary flower head with narrow white or pink or lavender rays; western North America
Erigeron divergens.
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spreading pogonia
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noun orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped lip; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia
Pogonia divaricata; funnel-crest rosebud orchid; Cleistes divaricata.
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To sprad cloth
- to unfurl sail. Obs.