English Dictionary

spread

IPA（発音記号）

/spɹɛd/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞 俗語

(transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.

日本語の意味

広げる。例えば、布や紙などを引き伸ばして、より広い面積を覆うようにする。 / 伸ばす。対象物を延長して広い範囲に広がらせる。

She spread the picnic blanket under the old oak tree before guests arrived.

彼女は来客が到着する前に、古いオークの木の下にピクニック用の毛布を広げた。

意味（1）

(transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.

He spread his newspaper on the table.

意味（2）

(transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions.

I spread my arms wide and welcomed him home.

意味（3）

(transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.

I spread the rice grains evenly over the floor.

意味（4）

(intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.

Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.

意味（5）

(transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.

The missionaries quickly spread their new message across the country.

意味（6）

(intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.

I dropped my glass; the water spread quickly over the tiled floor.

意味（7）

(transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.

She liked to spread butter on her toast while it was still hot.

意味（8）

(transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.

He always spreads his toast with peanut butter and strawberry jam.

意味（9）

To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.

to spread a table

意味（10）

(intransitive, slang) To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.

This often sounds like the rap of a demented DJ: the way she moves has got to be good news, can't get loose till I feel the juice— suck and spread, bitch, yeah bounce for me baby.

spreads （ present singular third-person ）

spreading （ participle present ）

spread （ participle past ）

spread （ past ）