Meaning

• The act of spreading.

• Something that has been spread.

• A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.

• An expanse of land.

• A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.

• A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).

• A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.

• (bread, etc.) Any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams.

• Food improvised by inmates from various ingredients to relieve the tedium of prison food.

• An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.

• Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.

• A numerical difference.

• The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.

• The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.

• The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.

• The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.

• An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.

• The difference between bidding and asking price.

• The difference between the prices of two similar items.

• An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.

• The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.

Meaning

• To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.

  "He spread his newspaper on the table."

• To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions.

  "I spread my arms wide and welcomed him home."

• To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.

  "I spread the rice grains evenly over the floor."

• To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.

• To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.

  "The missionaries quickly spread their new message across the country."

• To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.

  "I dropped my glass; the water spread quickly over the tiled floor."

• To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.

  "She liked to spread butter on her toast while it was still hot."

• To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.

  "He always spreads his toast with peanut butter and strawberry jam."

• To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.

  "to spread a table"

• To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.