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Span

The extent or measure of space between two points or extremities, as of a bridge or roof; the breadth.

Spam

Unsolicited email, often of a commercial nature, sent indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups; junk email.

Span

The distance between the tips of the wings of an airplane.

Spam

A single piece of such email
"receiving dozens of spams a day" (George Johnson).

Span

The section between two abutments or piers of a bridge.

Spam

To send unsolicited email to.
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Span

Something, such as a railroad trestle or bridge, that extends from one point to another.

Spam

To send (a message) indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups.

Span

The distance from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger when the hand is fully extended, formerly used as a unit of measure equal to about 9 inches (23 centimeters).

Spam

Unsolicited bulk electronic messages.
I get far too much spam.
I received 58 spams yesterday.

Span

A period of time
A span of life.

Spam

Any undesired electronic content automatically generated for commercial purposes.
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Span

(Nautical) A stretch of rope made fast at either end.

Spam

Ellipsis of spam account

Span

A pair of animals, such as oxen, matched as in size or color and driven as a team.

Spam

A type of tinned meat made mainly from ham.

Span

To extend across in space or time
A bridge that spans the gorge.
A career that spanned 40 years.

Spam

To send spam (i.e. unsolicited electronic messages.)
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Span

To encircle or cover with the hand or hands.

Spam

To send spam (i.e. unsolicited electronic messages) to a person or entity.

Span

To measure in spans.

Spam

To do something rapidly and repeatedly.
Stop spamming that special attack!
Spam this button to get a speed boost.

Span

A past tense of spin.

Spam

To post the same text repeatedly with disruptive effect; to flood.

Span

The full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an informal unit of length.

Spam

A canned meat made largely from pork

Span

Any of various traditional units of length approximating this distance, especially the English handspan of 9 inches forming ⅛ fathom and equivalent to 22.86 cm.

Spam

Unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk)

Span

(by extension) A small space or a brief portion of time.
He has a short attention span and gets bored within minutes.

Spam

Send unwanted or junk e-mail

Span

A portion of something by length; a subsequence.

Span

The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between supports.

Span

The length of a cable, wire, rope, chain between two consecutive supports.

Span

(nautical) A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.

Span

A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.

Span

(mathematics) The space of all linear combinations of something.

Span

(computing) The time required to execute a parallel algorithm on an infinite number of processors, i.e. the shortest distance across a directed acyclic graph representing the computation steps.

Span

Wingspan of a plane or bird

Span

(transitive) To extend through the distance between or across.
The suspension bridge spanned the canyon.

Span

(transitive) To extend through (a time period).
The parking lot spans three acres.
The novel spans three centuries.

Span

(transitive) To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object.
To span a space or distance; to span a cylinder

Span

(mathematics) To generate an entire space by means of linear combinations.

Span

To be matched, as horses.

Span

(transitive) To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.

Span

The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.

Span

Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time.
Yet not to earth's contracted spanThy goodness let me bound.
Life's but a span; I'll every inch enjoy.

Span

The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its supports.

Span

A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.

Span

A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.

Span

To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder.
My right hand hath spanned the heavens.

Span

To reach from one side of to the order; to stretch over as an arch.
The rivers were spanned by arches of solid masonry.

Span

To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.

Span

To be matched, as horses.

Span

The complete duration of something;
The job was finished in the span of an hour

Span

The distance or interval between two points

Span

Two items of the same kind

Span

A unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)

Span

A structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

Span

The act of sitting or standing astride

Span

To cover or extend over an area or time period;
Rivers traverse the valley floor
The parking lot spans 3 acres
The novel spans three centuries

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