ADV
- carefully
- out
- We spread the rug out on the floor
PHRASES
- spread sth open
- He had a newspaper spread open on his knee
ADV
- fast, like wildfire, quickly, rapidly, soon
- The news spread like wildfire
- gradually, slowly
- easily
- The disease spreads easily
- widely
- Allow plenty of space for this plant as its roots spread widely
- far and wide
- His fame had spread far and wide
- geographically
- Friends may be spread geographically. Neighbours, by definition, are nearby
- outwards
PREP
- across, among, around/round, beyond, from, into, over, through, throughout, to
- The effects of this policy spread far beyond children now at school. The fire rapidly spread to adjoining buildings
PHRASES
- thinly spread
- Expertise in this field is very thinly spread across the country
ADV
- generously, liberally, thickly
- lightly, thinly
- evenly
- Don't make the paste too thick, or it will not spread evenly
PREP
- on
- He spread jam on the toast
- with
- Spread each slice generously with butter
ADV
- equally, evenly, uniformly
- unevenly
PREP
- among, between
- We tried to spread the workload evenly between the departments
- over
- The course takes forty hours, spread over twenty weeks