spread out

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. move outward (Freq. 6)
- The soldiers fanned out
• Syn:
diffuse, spread, fan out
• Derivationally related forms:
spread (for: spread), diffusion (for: diffuse)
• Hypernyms:
spread, distribute
• Hyponyms:
percolate, creep, run, bleed, mantle
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series (Freq. 2)
- the houses were strung out in a long row
• Syn:
string out
• Hypernyms:
arrange, set up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
3. extend in one or more directions
- The dough expands
• Syn:
expand
• Ant:
contract (for: expand)
• Derivationally related forms:
expansible (for: expand), expandible (for: expand), expansive (for: expand)
• Hypernyms:
grow
• Hyponyms:
dispread, bush out
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
4. move away from each other
- The crowds dispersed
- The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached
• Syn:
disperse, dissipate, scatter
• Derivationally related forms:
scatter (for: scatter), scattering (for: scatter), dissipation (for: dissipate), dispersion (for: disperse)
• Hypernyms:
separate, part, split
• Hyponyms:
aerosolize, aerosolise, break, volley
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
5. turn outward
- These birds can splay out their toes
- ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees
• Syn:
turn out, splay, rotate
• Derivationally related forms:
turnout (for: turn out)
• Hypernyms:
turn
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
6. strew or distribute over an area
- He spread fertilizer over the lawn
- scatter cards across the table
• Syn:
spread, scatter
• Derivationally related forms:
scatter (for: scatter), scattering (for: scatter), spread (for: spread), spreader (for: spread)
• Hypernyms:
circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute
• Hyponyms:
manure, muck, birdlime, lime, circumfuse, distribute
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
7. spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- open the map
- spread your arms
• Syn:
unfold, spread, open
• Ant:
fold (for: unfold)
• Derivationally related forms:
opening (for: open)
• Hypernyms:
undo
• Hyponyms:
divaricate, exfoliate, grass, butterfly, uncross, splay
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP