transitive. To spread out; to extend. Also: to lay flat.

transitive. To spread (something) out; to extend; to spread about. Also: to set out (a board or boards for a table).

To spread out on the ground; to make (a bed). Obsolete.

transitive. To spread abroad, spread open; to expand, stretch out; also, to disperse, scatter.

transitive. gen. To cause to spread out or apart; to unfold, unroll, extend, expand; spec. to fold or draw back the coverings of (a bed); to part the…

To open out (something) so as to extend its surface area, width, or length; to stretch or draw out (a… transitive. With prepositional phrase…

To lay or place (a person or animal) with the limbs extended; to extend (a limb, wing, etc.) spec. in Heraldry: see displayed, adj. 2.

To spread out; to slacken, spec. to increase the width of (a garment) by allowing extra material at the seams; to alter (the seams) in order to…

transitive. = sense 4a; to spread out. Also figurative.

transitive. To spread or stretch (something) out or outwards; to expand or extend (something).

transitive. To splinter, split, break up, lay open or flat.

To spread out, expand, extend; to open out in a spreading manner. Also with out.

transitive. To spread out; to spread out flat or smooth; to open out, unfold; †to remove the folds or wrinkles from, to smooth (the forehead)…

transitive. To stretch at full length (also, all along); hence, to lay low, prostrate; to destroy, overthrow, kill.

transitive. To lay flat or extended; to spread out; to split open. Also reflexive.

To spread out, distend. Obsolete. rare.

To spread abroad, spread wide.

transitive. To spread out; to set out for view; to spread (a net). Obsolete exc. archaic.

transitive. To spread out (hair); to display in an expanded form. Also with out. Obsolete.

To spread out.

See simple senses and out, adv. int.prep.; to lay out, spread out; to cause to project or extend; to display (a flag); etc.

transitive. To spread abroad or out; to extend, expand, dilate, open out.

transitive. To open out, unfold, spread out flat (a material object). Chiefly reflexive. Also intransitive with reflexive meaning. Frequently with…

transitive. = expand, v. 1 3.

transitive. To unpack, to open out.

To spread out flat.

transitive. To spread abroad, to expand.

To spread out in area; to make to cover a certain space; †to open out (something furled up).

transitive. To make flat in shape. To spread or lay out flat.

transitive. To split and spread open (a fish, etc.).

transitive. To fasten, pin firmly, stretch out, etc., in the form of a spread eagle; spec. to secure (a person) with arms and legs stretched out…