| Main Entry: | spread |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | open or fan out |
Synonyms: |
arrange, array, be displayed, be distributed, bloat, branch off, broaden, cast, circulate, coat, cover, daub, develop, diffuse, dilate, disperse, diverge, enlarge, escalate, even out, expand, extend, flatten, flow, gloss, increase, lay, lengthen, level, lie, multiply, mushroom, open, outstretch, overlay, paint, pervade, prepare, proliferate, radiate, reach, roll out, set, settle, smear, sprawl, spray, stretch, strew, suffuse, swell, uncoil, unfold, unfurl, unroll, untwist, unwind, widen |
Antonyms: |
close, collect, compress, gather |
| Main Entry: | spread |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | publicize |
Synonyms: |
advertise, blazon, broadcast, cast, circulate, declare, diffuse, disseminate, distribute, make known, make public, proclaim, promulgate, propagate, publish, radiate, scatter, shed, sow, strew, transmit |
Antonyms: |
conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | spreading |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extended |
Synonyms: |
extensive, growing, radial, spread out, widening |
| Main Entry: | spreading |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extending |
Synonyms: |
patulous, permeating, radial |
Antonyms: |
suppressed |
| Main Entry: | apply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put substance on another |
Synonyms: |
administer, affix, anoint, bestow, cover, fasten, join, lay on, massage, paint, place, put on, rub, smear, spread, touch |
| Main Entry: | broadcast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make public |
Synonyms: |
advertise, announce, annunciate, blare, blazon, circulate, communicate, declare, disseminate, distribute, proclaim, promulgate, publish, report, sow, spread, strew, troll |
Antonyms: |
hide, keep quiet, secret |
| Main Entry: | broaden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend, supplement |
Synonyms: |
augment, breadthen, develop, enlarge, expand, fatten, grow, increase, open up, ream, spread, stretch, swell, widen |
Antonyms: |
decrease, narrow, restrict |
| Main Entry: | bushy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shaggy, unkempt |
Synonyms: |
bristling, bristly, disordered, feathery, fluffy, fringed, full, furry, fuzzy, hairy, heavy, hirsute, leafy, luxuriant, nappy, prickly, rough, rumpled, spreading, stiff, thick, tufted, unruly, wiry, woolly |
Antonyms: |
bald, neat, well-kept |
| Main Entry: | cast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | emit, give |
Synonyms: |
aim, bestow, deposit, diffuse, direct, distribute, point, radiate, scatter, shed, spatter, spray, spread, sprinkle, strew, train |
Antonyms: |
receive, take |
| Main Entry: | centrifugal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | radiating from a central point |
Synonyms: |
deviating, diffusive, divergent, diverging, eccentric, efferent, outward, radial, spiral, spreading |
| Notes: | centrifugal force pulls away or pushes outward; centripetal draws toward or pulls inward |
Antonyms: |
centripetal |