Spred vs. Spread: What's the Difference?

Obsolete form of spread

To open to a fuller extent or width; stretch

Obsolete form of spread

To make wider the gap between; move farther apart

To distribute over a surface in a layer

To cover with a layer

To distribute widely

To make a wide or extensive arrangement of

To exhibit or display the full extent of

To cause to become widely seen or known; scatter or disseminate

To prepare (a table) for eating; set.

To arrange (food or a meal) on a table.

To flatten (a rivet end, for example) by pounding.

To be extended or enlarged

To move over an area, be distributed, or be widely dispersed

To become known or prevalent over a wide area

To be exhibited, displayed, or visible in broad or full extent

To become or admit of being distributed in a layer

To become separated; be forced farther apart

The act or process of spreading

Dissemination, as of news; diffusion.

An open area of land; an expanse.

A ranch, farm, or estate.

The extent or limit to which something is or can be spread

A cloth covering for a bed, table, or other piece of furniture.

(Informal) An abundant meal laid out on a table.

A food to be spread on bread or crackers.

Two facing pages of a magazine, newspaper, or book, considered as a unit.

An article or advertisement running across two or more columns of a newspaper or magazine.

A difference, as between two figures or totals

A position taken in two or more options or futures contracts in order to profit from a change in their relative prices.

The difference between the price asked and bid for a particular security.

The difference in yields between two fixed-income securities, as between short-term and long-term bonds.

A number of points offered to equalize the chances of winning in a wager on a competition, usually between sports teams. Also called point spread.

Wingspread.

(transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.

(transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions.

(transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.

(intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.

(transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.

(intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.

(transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.

(transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.

To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.

To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.

The act of spreading.

Something that has been spread.

(cartomancy) A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.

An expanse of land.

A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.

A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).

A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.

(bread, etc.) Any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams.

(military) A set of multiple torpedoes launched on side-by-side, slowly-diverging paths toward one or more enemy ships.

Improvised by inmates from various ingredients to relieve the tedium of prison food.

An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.

Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.

A numerical difference.

The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.

The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.

The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.

The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.

(trading) An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.

(trading) The difference between bidding and asking price.

(finance) The difference between the prices of two similar items.

(geometry) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.

The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.

Excessive width of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper.

To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only; to stretch or expand to a broad or broader surface or extent; to open; to unfurl; as, to spread a carpet; to spread a tent or a sail.

To extend so as to cover something; to extend to a great or greater extent in every direction; to cause to fill or cover a wide or wider space.

To divulge; to publish, as news or fame; to cause to be more extensively known; to disseminate; to make known fully; as, to spread a report; - often accompanied by abroad.

To propagate; to cause to affect great numbers; as, to spread a disease.

To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia; to emit; as, odoriferous plants spread their fragrance.

To strew; to scatter over a surface; as, to spread manure; to spread lime on the ground.

To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to spread a table.

To extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only; to be extended or stretched; to expand.

To be extended by drawing or beating; as, some metals spread with difficulty.

To be made known more extensively, as news.

To be propagated from one to another; as, the disease spread into all parts of the city.

Extent; compass.

Expansion of parts.

A cloth used as a cover for a table or a bed.

A table, as spread or furnished with a meal; hence, an entertainment of food; a feast.

A privilege which one person buys of another, of demanding certain shares of stock at a certain price, or of delivering the same shares of stock at another price, within a time agreed upon.

An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.

An arbitrage transaction operated by buying and selling simultaneously in two separate markets, as Chicago and New York, when there is an abnormal difference in price between the two markets. It is called a back spreadwhen the difference in price is less than the normal one.

Surface in proportion to the depth of a cut stone.

Process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures;

Farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)

A haphazard distribution in all directions

A tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers

A meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed;

Two facing pages of a book or other publication

The expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age);

Decorative cover for a bed

Act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time

Distribute or disperse widely;

Become distributed or widespread;

Spread across or over;

Spread out or open from a closed or folded state;

Cause to become widely known;

Become widely known and passed on;

Strew or distribute over an area;

Move outward;

Cover by spreading something over;

Distribute over a surface in a layer;

Distributed or spread over a considerable extent;

Prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out;

Fully extended in width;