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- spread the news!
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- we spread the fertilizer over the lawn evenly until it was fully covered
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- once news of the war's end had spread, spontaneous celebrations broke out everywhere
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- living conditions that help to spread chicken pox
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- the walls of the old barn spread under the weight of the snow on the roof
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- dissatisfaction with the new administration is spreading rapidly
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spread
nounSynonyms of spread (Entry 2 of 2)
- bought a brightly colored spread for summer
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- bedcover
- (also bedcovering),
- bedspread,
- counterpane,
- coverlet,
- hap
- [dialect]
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- they really know how to put out a good spread
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- a vast spread of land just waiting to be settled
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- a spread of nearly 100 miles between farms
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“Spread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spread. Accessed 29 May. 2022.
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