Dictionary entry details
• SPREAD OUT (verb)
Meaning:
Move outward
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
spread out; fan out; diffuse; spread
Context example:
The soldiers fanned out
Hypernyms (to "spread out" is one way to...):
distribute; spread (distribute or disperse widely)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "spread out"):
mantle (spread over a surface, like a mantle)
bleed; run (be diffused)
creep; grow over (grow in such a way as to cover (a building))
percolate (spread gradually)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
string out; spread out
Context example:
the houses were strung out in a long row
Hypernyms (to "spread out" is one way to...):
arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Strew or distribute over an area
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
spread out; scatter; spread
Context examples:
He spread fertilizer over the lawn / scatter cards across the table
Hypernyms (to "spread out" is one way to...):
circulate; distribute; pass around; pass on (cause to be distributed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "spread out"):
manure; muck (spread manure, as for fertilization)
birdlime; lime (spread birdlime on branches to catch birds)
circumfuse (spread something around something)
distribute (spread throughout a given area)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Extend in one or more directions
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
expand; spread out
Context example:
The dough expands
Hypernyms (to "spread out" is one way to...):
grow (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "spread out"):
dispread (spread abroad or out)
bush out (grow outward)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Turn outward
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
splay; rotate; spread out; turn out
Context examples:
These birds can splay out their toes / ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees
Hypernyms (to "spread out" is one way to...):
turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Move away from each other
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
dissipate; scatter; disperse; spread out
Context examples:
The crowds dispersed / The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached
Hypernyms (to "spread out" is one way to...):
part; separate; split (go one's own way; move apart)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "spread out"):
aerosolise; aerosolize (become dispersed as an aerosol)
break (scatter or part)
volley (be dispersed in a volley)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Spread out or open from a closed or folded state
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
unfold; spread; open; spread out
Context examples:
open the map / spread your arms
Hypernyms (to "spread out" is one way to...):
undo (cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "spread out"):
divaricate (spread apart)
splay (spread open or apart)
uncross (change from a crossed to an uncrossed position)
butterfly (cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking)
grass (spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach)
exfoliate (spread by opening the leaves of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
