Word Meanings - OUTSPREAD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To spread out; to expand; -- usually as a past part. or adj.

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• SPREADINGLY
  , adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton.
• SPREAD-EAGLED
  1. To place in a spread-eagle position, especially as a means of punishment. 2. being in a position with the arms and legs extended fully.
• SPREAD-EAGLE
  Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech.
• EXPANDER
  Anything which causes expansion esp. a tool for stretching open or expanding a tube, etc.
• 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.
• SPREAD
  spreden, spreen, spreien, G. spreiten, Dan. sprede, Sw. sprida. Cf. 1. To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only; to stretch or expand to a broad or broader surface or extent; to open; to unfurl; as, to spread a carpet; to spread a tent
• SPREADER
  1. One who, or that which, spreads, expands, or propogates. 2. A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.
• 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
• BEDSPREAD
  A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet.
• DISPREAD
  To spread abroad, or different ways; to spread apart; to open; as, the sun dispreads his beams. Spenser.
• OUTSPREAD
  To spread out; to expand; -- usually as a past part. or adj.
• DESPREAD
  See DISPREAD
• BROADSPREADING
  Spreading widely.
• DISPREADER
  One who spreads abroad. Dispreaders both of vice and error. Milton.
• BROADSPREAD
  Widespread.
• OVERSPREAD
  To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the earth. Chaucer. Those nations of the North Which overspread the world. Drayton.
• WIDESPREAD
  Spread to a great distance; widely extended; extending far and wide; as, widespread wings; a widespread movement.
• BESPREAD
  To spread or cover over. The carpet which bespread His rich pavilion's floor. Glover.