Word Meanings - DISPREAD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To spread abroad, or different ways; to spread apart; to open; as, the sun dispreads his beams. Spenser.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DISPREAD)

• Outspread
• Expanded
• unfolded
• wrapped
• patent
• dispread
• open
• outstretched

Related words: (words related to DISPREAD)

• EXPAND
  To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion, 5. (more info) 1. To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight.
• WRAPPAGE
  1. The act of wrapping. 2. That which wraps; envelope; covering.
• UNFOLDER
  One who, or that which, unfolds.
• OUTSPREAD
  To spread out; to expand; -- usually as a past part. or adj.
• WRAPPER
  1. One who, or that which, wraps. 2. That in which anything is wrapped, or inclosed; envelope; covering. 3. Specifically, a loose outer garment; an article of dress intended to be wrapped round the person; as, a morning wrapper; a gentleman's
• PATENT
  Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous. He had received instructions, both patent and secret. Motley. 2. Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent.
• UNFOLDMENT
  The acct of unfolding, or the state of being unfolded. The extreme unfoldment of the instinctive powers. C. Morris.
• PATENTEE
  One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent. Bacon.
• UNFOLD
  1. To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth. Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns. Herbert. 2. To open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or
• PATENTLY
  Openly; evidently.
• EXPANDER
  Anything which causes expansion esp. a tool for stretching open or expanding a tube, etc.
• PATENT-HAMMERED
  Having a surface dressed by cutting with a hammer the head of which consists of broad thin chisels clamped together.
• PATENTABLE
  Suitable to be patented; capable of being patented.
• DISPREAD
  To spread abroad, or different ways; to spread apart; to open; as, the sun dispreads his beams. Spenser.
• OUTSTRETCH
  To stretch out. Milton.
• DISPREADER
  One who spreads abroad. Dispreaders both of vice and error. Milton.
• EXPANDING
  That expands, or may be expanded; extending; spreading; enlarging. Expanding bit, Expanding drill , a bit or drill made adjustable for holes of various sizes; one which can be expanded in diameter while boring. -- Expanding pulley , a pulley so
• ERECTO-PATENT
  Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading.