spread out
verb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
move outward
The soldiers fanned out
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series
the houses were strung out in a long row
Types & categories
- arrange hypernym
Sense 3 verb
strew or distribute over an area
He spread fertilizer over the lawn
Types & categories
- pass around hypernym
- manure hyponym
- lime hyponym
- circumfuse hyponym
- distribute hyponym
Related & opposite
- spreading derivation
- strewing derivation
- broadcaster derivation
- scatter derivation
- spread derivation
Sense 4 verb
extend in one or more directions
The dough expands
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- shrink antonym
- expansile derivation
- expansive derivation
- expandable derivation
Sense 5 verb
turn outward
These birds can splay out their toes
Types & categories
- turn hypernym
Related & opposite
- turnout derivation
Sense 6 verb
move away from each other
The crowds dispersed
Types & categories
- part hypernym
- aerosolise hyponym
- break hyponym
- volley hyponym
Related & opposite
- strewing derivation
- scatter derivation
- dispersion derivation
- dissipation derivation
Sense 7 verb
spread out or open from a closed or folded state
open the map
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spreading |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispersal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spread |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | spread |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | percolate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | creep |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bleed |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mantle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | arrange |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spreading |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | strewing |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | broadcaster |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spread |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | pass around |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | manure |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lime |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | circumfuse |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | distribute |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | shrink |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | expansile |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | expansive |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | expandable |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | grow |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dispread |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bush out |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | turnout |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | turn |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | strewing |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispersion |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissipation |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | aerosolise |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | break |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | volley |
| 7 | antonym | Related & opposite | fold |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | opening |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | undo |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | divaricate |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | exfoliate |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | grass |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | butterfly |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | uncross |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | splay |