spreads
spreads is the plural of spread.
spreads is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spread.
Meaning of spread
Noun
spread (countable and uncountable, plural spreads)
- The act of spreading.
- No flower hath that kind of spread that the woodbine hath.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...
- Something that has been spread.
- A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.
- An expanse of land.
- November 29, 1712, Andrew Freeport, a letter to The Spectator
I have got a fine spread of improvable lands.
- November 29, 1712, Andrew Freeport, a letter to The Spectator
- A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.
- - Can't wait till I get my own spread and won't have to put up with Joe Aguirre's crap no more.2005, Brokeback Mountain (film), 00:11:50
- A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
- Linen shawls and spreads show up in secondhand clothing stores like those in the row on St. Marks Place in New York City.1975, Douglas Matthews, Suzanne Wymelenberg, Susan Cheever Cowley, Secondhand is Better, page 166
Phrases with spreads
- spreads out
- bear spreads
- rune spreads
- crack spreads
- spark spreads
- center spreads
- centre spreads
- cheese spreads
- credit spreads
- double spreads
- ribbon spreads
- bid-ask spreads
17 more phrasesFewer phrases
- bid/ask spreads
- spreads the bed
- calendar spreads
- diagonal spreads
- sandwich spreads
- spreads the word
- chocolate spreads
- middle-age spreads
- spreads one's legs
- double-page spreads
- spreads it on thick
- spreads one's wings
- spreads oneself thin
- spreads like wildfire
- ill news spreads apace
- spreads one's net wide
- spreads oneself too thin
Questions about spreads
- What is spreads the plural of?
- Spreads is the plural of spread.
Words near spreads in the dictionary
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