Phrase Hound found 54 phrases and 63 compound words that contain spread. The most common are listed below. Open spread in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 54
- spread outBecome further apart.
- spread the wordTo tell a lot of people; to inform as many people as one can.
- chocolate spreada sweet chocolate-flavored paste
- spread the bedSynonym of make the bed: To arrange the sheets, blankets, or other coverings of a bed smoothly and neatly, with the corners tucked under the mattress.
- spread bettingA form of gambling (or investment) in which a bookmaker (or broker) predicts a range of outcomes (or share price movements) and the better (or investor) places a stake on a higher or lower result and thus wins or loses a multiple of that …
- wide-spreadAlternative spelling of widespread: Affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.
- spread eagleA position of the body involving full extension of the limbs with both fore- and hind-limbs spread wide, usually referring to humans or heraldic eagles.
- community spreadThe transmission of an illness through unknown untraced members of the greater community, indicative of a reservoir of anonymous infected individuals.
- cheese spreadAny spreadable food product made from cheese.
- bid-ask spreadThe difference between the prices quoted (by a market maker or an order book) for an immediate sale ("offer") and an immediate purchase ("bid") for stocks, futures contracts, options, or currency pairs.
- TED spreadThe difference in yields between inter-bank and U.S. Government loans.
- bear spreadOne of a variety of strategies involving two or more options (or options combined with a position in the underlying stock) that can potentially profit from a fall in the price of the underlying stock.
- calendar spreadAn options strategy or position involving the simultaneous purchase and sale of options of the same class and strike price but with different expiration dates.
- center spreadIn a publication and particularly a magazine, the two central pages, which belong to the same paper and face each other: the most visible part.
- credit spreadextra interest charged to borrowers with a bad credit rating
- ratio spreadSynonym of frontspread: A combination of options, with more being short than long
- spread limitA poker game where bets and raises can be any amount between a specified minimum and a specified maximum.
- time spreadSynonym of calendar spread: An options strategy or position involving the simultaneous purchase and sale of options of the same class and strike price but with different expiration dates.
- spread like wildfireTo spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably.
- spread spectrum communicationA form of electromagnetic communication in which the signal frequency or bandwidth is spread beyond that required, rendering it more difficult to intercept or jam, or to send multiple signals over the same band
- spread tailThe tail of a bird (or likeness thereof) when the tailfeathers are held tautly outward in a fan-like arrangement.
- flame spreadThe propagation of a flame away from its source of ignition.
- spread operatorAn operator that expands an array or similar data structure into its individual elements.
- sandwich spreadA spread designed for use in sandwiches, typically based on mayonnaise.
- middle-age spreadBelly fat that develops in middle age.
Compound words 63
- widespreadAffecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.
- spreadsheetA computer application for organization, analysis, and storage of data in tabular form.
- bedspreadThe topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a blanket.
- overspreadTo spread over or across (something); cover over; be scattered over; permeate, overrun.
- outspreadTo spread out; expand; extend.
- wingspreadThe distance between the extreme tips of the wings of a bird, insect or aircraft.
- spraddleTo spread apart (the legs).
- spreadlyIn a spread out or widespread manner; widely.
- spreadyTending to spread horizontally.
- misspreadTo spread incorrectly or inappropriately.