spread : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the spread at the center of a magazine
  center spread.
  

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• noun the spread at the center of a magazine
  center spread.
  

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• noun spread made of cheese mixed with butter or cream or cream cheese and seasonings
  

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• noun an emblem (an eagle with wings and legs spread) on the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States
  
• noun a skating figure executed with the skates heel to heel in a straight line
  

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• . (a) An eagle with outspread wings, the national emblem of the United States. (b) The figure of an eagle, with its wings elevated and its legs extended; often met as a device upon military ornaments, and the like . (c) (Her.) An eagle displayed; an eagle with the wings and legs extended on each side of the body, as in the double-headed eagle of Austria and Russia. See Displayed, 2.

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• noun two facing pages of a book or other publication
  spread; facing pages; spreadhead.
  

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• verb move outward
  fan out; spread; diffuse.
  
  • The soldiers fanned out
• verb set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series
  string out.
  
  • the houses were strung out in a long row
• verb strew or distribute over an area
  spread; scatter.
  
  • He spread fertilizer over the lawn
  • scatter cards across the table
• verb extend in one or more directions
  expand.
  
  • The dough expands
• verb turn outward
  splay; rotate; turn out.
  
  • These birds can splay out their toes
  • ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees
• verb move away from each other;
  scatter; disperse; dissipate.
  
  • The crowds dispersed
  • The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached
• verb spread out or open from a closed or folded state
  spread; open; unfold.
  
  • open the map
  • spread your arms

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• verb form a cover over
  cover.
  
  • The grass covered the grave

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• verb stretch out completely
  spread-eagle.
  
  • They spread-eagled him across the floor
• verb stretch over
  spread-eagle.
  
  • His residences spread-eagle the entire county
• verb execute a spread eagle on skates, with arms and legs stretched out
  spread-eagle.
  
• verb stand with arms and legs spread out
  spread-eagle.
  
• verb defeat disastrously
  spreadeagle; spread-eagle; rout.
  
• adjective satellite with arms and legs stretched out and apart
  
  • lay spread-eagle on the floor

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Spread"-ea`gle adjective

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1. Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech. Colloq.& Humorous [MW10] "esp. of the greatnes of the U.S."

Spread"-ea`gle intransitive verb

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1. To assume a spread-eagled position; -- it may be done reclining, for relaxation, or momentarily, as an exhibitionary maneuver in a sport.

Webster 1913

• verb stretch out completely
  spread-eagle.
  
  • They spread-eagled him across the floor
• verb stretch over
  spread-eagle.
  
  • His residences spread-eagle the entire county
• verb execute a spread eagle on skates, with arms and legs stretched out
  spread-eagle.
  
• verb stand with arms and legs spread out
  spread-eagle.
  
• verb defeat disastrously
  spreadeagle; spread-eagle; rout.
  

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Spread"-ea`gled

Definitions

1. To place in a spread-eagle position, especially as a means of punishment.
2. being in a position with the arms and legs extended fully.

Webster 1913

• adjective satellite especially spread in a fan shape
  fanned.
  
  • the peacock's fanned tail
  • the spread-out cards

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• noun European perennial bellflower that grows in clumps with spreading stems and blue or white flowers
  Campanula carpatica; tussock bellflower.
  

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• noun North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
  common dogbane; Apocynum androsaemifolium; rheumatism weed.
  

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• noun an enzyme (trade name Hyazyme) that splits hyaluronic acid and so lowers its viscosity and increases the permeability of connective tissue and the absorption of fluids
  hyaluronidase; Hyazyme.
  

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• noun well-branched plant with hairy leaves and stems each with a solitary flower head with narrow white or pink or lavender rays; western North America
  Erigeron divergens.
  

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• noun orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped lip; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia
  Pogonia divaricata; funnel-crest rosebud orchid; Cleistes divaricata.
  

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• to unfurl sail. Obs.

Webster 1913