Word Meanings - OUTSPREAD - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To spread out; to expand; -- usually as a past part. or adj.
Related words: (words related to OUTSPREAD)
- 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.