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out⋅spread

  [v. out-spred; adj. out-spred; n. out-spred] verb, -spread, -spread⋅ing, adjective, noun
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to spread out; extend: an eagle outspreading its wings.
–adjective
2. spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
3. diffused abroad; widely disseminated: The outspread news had traveled quickly.
–noun
4. the act of spreading out; expansion: the rapid outspread of the early American colonists.
5. something that is spread out; an expanse: a vast outspread of rich farmland.
Origin:
1300–50; ME outspredden (v.). See out-, spread
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out·spread   (out-sprěd')   
tr. & intr.v.   out·spread, out·spread·ing, out·spreads
To stretch or extend or to be stretched or extended.
n.   (out'sprěd')

  1. The act of spreading out.

  2. Something spread out; an expanse.

adj.  Spread out; extended.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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