How to use spread in a sentence. To cover or reach a wider or increasing area, or to make something do this To draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed byout ). See examples of spread used in a sentence. The land masses spread until there was an ocean between them The spread of a financial instrument is the difference between the selling price and the purchase price.
[~ + object] spread the blanket under the tree [no object] the blanket will spread far enough for both of us to sit on it.
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