spread
US /sprɛd/
・UK /spred/
A2
Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
- The distance between two things
- Soft food thinly applied, e.g. on bread
- When a disease is passed to more people
- Range or wide variety of something
Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To place over a large area; to cover a large area
- (Of ideas, gossip) to pass to and affect others
- To move something apart, or to put space between
Transitive Verb
- To apply something thinly, usually onto food
Intransitive Verb
- To give or be given to other people, as a disease
- To become known by a greater number of people
Examples
He spread jam on the toast.
The news spread like wildfire.