dispread
dispread verb: to spread out, to extend.
Verb
dispread (third-person singular simple present dispreads, present participle dispreading, simple past and past participle dispreaded)
- To spread out, to extend.
- In widest Ocean she her throne does reare, / That ouer all the earth it may be seene; / As morning Sunne her beames dispredden cleare [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- her dark hair was dispread,
Like the pine’s locks upon the lingering blast;
Over mine eyes its shadowy strings it spread
Fitfully, and the hills and streams fled fast,
As o’er their glimmering forms the steed’s broad shadow past; […]1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC...
Forms of dispread
| third-person singular present | dispreads |
|---|---|
| present participle | dispreading |
| past participle | dispreaded |
| past | dispreaded |
Origin of dispread
From dis- + spread.
Words formed from dispread
Questions about dispread
- What does dispread mean?
- Dispread means to spread out, to extend.
- What part of speech is dispread?
- Dispread is a verb.
- What is the past tense of dispread?
- The past tense of dispread is dispreaded.
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