Definitions for spread out
spread out

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fanned, spread-out(a)verb

   especially spread in a fan shape

   "the peacock's fanned tail"; "the spread-out cards"

2. diffuse, spread, spread out, fan outverb

   move outward

   "The soldiers fanned out"

3. string out, spread outverb

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

   "the houses were strung out in a long row"

4. spread, scatter, spread outverb

   strew or distribute over an area

   "He spread fertilizer over the lawn"; "scatter cards across the table"

5. expand, spread outverb

   extend in one or more directions

   "The dough expands"

6. turn out, splay, spread out, rotateverb

   turn outward

   "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"

7. disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread outverb

   move away from each other

   "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

8. unfold, spread, spread out, openverb

   spread out or open from a closed or folded state

   "open the map"; "spread your arms"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spread outverb

   Become further apart.

2. spread outverb

   To place items further apart.

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1. spread out

   "Spread out" generally refers to extending, arranging, or being distributed over a wide or increasing area. It can also mean to extend or arrange parts or elements of something over a larger or wider area, to become dispersed or distributed, or to make something cover a wider area.

Matched Categories

1. • Arrange
   • Distribute
   • Grow
   • Spread
   • Turn
   • Undo

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1. outspread

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of spread out in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of spread out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of spread out in a Sentence

1. Gilroy Police Chief Scot Smithee:

   We actually create a police compound where we have a command center, a booking area, you know, all the things you would need to run a major operation like Garlic Festival, the officers are deployed throughout the park and they're assigned to different regions of the park so they're spread out, we don't have officers all in one spot.

2. John Venable:

   The munition with knives has been around since at least the Vietnam War.The military term for the warhead is flechettes, which are dart-like submunitions that are released and spread out in flight as an anti-personnel device, munitions have had a variety of warheads since before the Civil War, where they used everything from classic exploding cannonballs, todumbbell-shaped projectiles and grapeshot, which was basically shotgun-shell BBs (only much larger) that used mass and velocity as the engagement mechanism.

3. Paulo Storani:

   There is no doubt that if somebody has been plotting against the Olympic Games, they are already in Brazilian territory, soldiers are going to be spread out among the Olympic structures and tourist sites to prevent crimes or attacks.

4. Hedayatullah Stanekzai:

   If the ban is not lifted soon the polio virus will spread out to the areas which were cleaned in past 18 years.

5. Mark Perry:

   What's happened over the last five to 10 years is its spread out in decentralized ways, at the University of Michigan, each college, school, or department on campus will have a diversity officer, including the library, the arboretum, school of nursing – the college of engineering at Michigan has about 10.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=spread out
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spread_Out
3. ^ ChatGPT
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