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Spread out has 9 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

move outward

"The soldiers fanned out"

2

set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series

"the houses were strung out in a long row"

3

strew or distribute over an area

"He spread fertilizer over the lawn"

"scatter cards across the table"

4

extend in one or more directions

"The dough expands"

5

turn outward

"These birds can splay out their toes"

"ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"

6

move away from each other

"The crowds dispersed"

"The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"

7

spread out or open from a closed or folded state

"open the map"

"spread your arms"

8

Become further apart.

Adjective
1

Far apart, not close to each other - far apart, extended over an expanse of space or time.

Example Sentences
"The soldiers fanned out" verb
"the houses were strung out in a long row" verb
"He spread fertilizer over the lawn" verb
"scatter cards across the table" verb
"The dough expands" verb
"These birds can splay out their toes" verb
"ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees" verb
"The crowds dispersed" verb
"The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached" verb
"open the map" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
shrink fold up
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
spread arrange circulate grow turn separate undo
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
percolate creep run mantle manure birdlime circumfuse distribute dispread bush out aerosolize break volley divaricate exfoliate grass butterfly uncross splay
Rhyming Words
out tout yout hout gout pout aout dout lout bout kout rout fout scout grout smout chout plout x out trout
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