Word Meanings - BROADSPREADING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Spreading widely.
Related words: (words related to BROADSPREADING)
- 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. - WIDELY
1. In a wide manner; to a wide degree or extent; far; extensively; as, the gospel was widely disseminated by the apostles. 2. Very much; to a great degree or extent; as, to differ widely in opinion. - 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. - 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.