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  • 31spread — [[t]sprɛd[/t]] v. spread, spread•ing, n. adj. 1) to draw, stretch, or open out, esp. over a flat surface: Spread out the blanket[/ex] 2) to extend out; move apart: The bird spread its wings[/ex] 3) to distribute over an area of space or time: to… …

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  • 32spread — v. & n. v. (past and past part. spread) 1 tr. (often foll. by out) a open or extend the surface of. b cause to cover a larger surface (spread butter on bread). c display to the eye or the mind (the view was spread out before us). 2 intr. (often… …

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  • 33Spread — (1) The gap between bid and ask prices of a stock or other security. (2) The simultaneous purchase and sale of separate futures or options contracts for the same commodity for delivery in different months. Also known as a straddle. (3) Difference …

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  • 34spread — The price difference between two related markets or commodities. Chicago Board of Trade glossary l) Positions held in two different futures contracts, taken to profit from the change in the difference between the two contracts prices; e.g., long… …

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  • 35spread — Synonyms and related words: aberrate, aberration, accelerated, access, accessible, accession, accretion, accrual, accrue, accruement, accumbent, accumulate, accumulation, acreage, addition, adjunct, advance, advertise, affirmed, afghan,… …

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  • 36spread — 1. verb 1) he spread the map out Syn: lay out, open out, unfurl, unroll, roll out, straighten out, fan out, stretch out, extend 2) the landscape spread out below Syn: extend …

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  • 37spread — I. verb (spread; spreading) Etymology: Middle English spreden, from Old English sprǣdan; akin to Old High German spreiten to spread Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to open or expand over a larger area < spread out the map > …

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  • 38spread-eagle — I verb 1. stretch out completely (Freq. 1) They spread eagled him across the floor • Hypernyms: ↑stretch, ↑extend • Verb Frames: Somebody s somebody 2 …

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  • 39spread*/*/ — [spred] (past tense past participle spread) verb I 1) [I/T] to gradually affect a larger area or a large number of people or things, or to make something do this Rain will spread from the west this evening.[/ex] Soldiers returning from the war&#8230; …

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  • 40spread — verb (past and past participle spread) 1》 open out so as to increase in surface area, width, or length.     ↘stretch out (limbs, hands, fingers, or wings) so that they are far apart. 2》 extend or distribute over a wide area or a specified period&#8230; …

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