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1.b> (; ); the fire spread rapidly because of the strong wind ; rats and flies spread disease ; to spread rumours about smb. ;
2.b> (), ; to spread a cloth on a table / ; spread the map out on the table so we can all see it , ; the bird spread its wings [.i> .i> ]; she spread her arms and the child ran towards her ;
3.b> (on, over) (), ; to spread jam on bread ; to spread bread with jam ;
4.b> (over) (, ), , ; you can spread your repayments over a period of three years ; we attempted to spread the workload between the departments ;
to spread outb> (), ; the police spread out to search the whole area / , / ;
to spread one's wingsb> " ", i> ; to spread like wildfireb> .i> wildfirer> 1.
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