of spread-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 or a sail.-to extend so as to cover something; to extend to a great or grater extent in every direction; to cause to fill or cover a wide or wider space.-to divulge; to publish, as news or fame; to cause to be more extensively known; to disseminate; to make known fully; as, to spread a report; -- often acompanied by abroad.-to propagate; to cause to affect great numbers; as, to spread a disease.-to diffuse, as emanations or effluvia; to emit; as, odoriferous plants spread their fragrance.-to strew; to scatter over a surface; as, to spread manure; to spread lime on the ground.-to prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to spread a table.-to extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only; to be extended or stretched; to expand.-to be extended by drawing or beating; as, some metals spread with difficulty.-to be made known more extensively, as news.-to be propagated from one to another; as, the disease spread into all parts of the city.-extent; compass.-expansion of parts.-a cloth used as a cover for a table or a bed.-a table, as spread or furnished with a meal; hence, an entertainment of food; a feast.-a privilege which one person buys of another, of demanding certain shares of stock at a certain price, or of delivering the same shares of stock at another price, within a time agreed upon.-an unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.-imp. & p. p. of spread, v.