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spread out

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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  1. spread outverb

    Become further apart.

  2. spread outverb

    To place items further apart.

ChatGPT

  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.

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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. Kenko Yoshida:

    To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations--such is a pleasure beyond compare.

  2. Tushar Mittal:

    If the moon broke apart at 1.2 Mars radii, about 680 kilometers above the surface, it would form a really narrow ring comparable in density to that of one of Saturn’s most massive rings, over time it would spread out and get wider, reaching the top of the Martian atmosphere in a few million years, when it would start losing material because stuff would keep raining down on Mars.

  3. Jamie Hussey , IT:

    If we hadn't stopped Floridas Jackson Hospital, Floridas Jackson Hospital probably would've spread out through the entire hospital.

  4. Daniel Fisher:

    You've got a whole life spread out before you in that tusk. The growth and development of the animal, as well as its history of changing land use and changing behavior -- all of that history is captured and recorded in the structure and composition of the tusk.

  5. Neil Saunders:

    Black Friday has definitely transitioned more into a digital affair in the past five years, the focal point is not that single day anymore. It's an event spread out over several days.


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