todays word..SPREADING

Todays word is SPREADING

verb ( past and past part. spread )1 [ trans. ] open out (something) so as to extend its surface area, width,or length : I spread a towel on the sand and sat down | she helped Chris tospread out the map.• stretch out (arms, legs, hands, fingers, or wings) so that they are far apart : the swan spread its wings.2 [no obj., with adverbial ] extend over a large or increasing area : she stood at the window looking at the town spread out below.• ( spread out) (of a group of people) move apart so as to cover a wider area : the Marines spread out across the docks.• [with obj. and adverbial ] distribute or disperse (something) over a certain area : volcanic eruptions spread dust high into the stratosphere.• gradually reach or cause to reach a larger and larger area or more and more people : [ intrans. ] the violence spread from the city to the suburbs| [ trans. ] she's always spreading rumors about other people.• (of people, animals, or plants) become distributed over a large or larger area : the owls have spread as far north as Yellowknife.• [with obj. and adverbial ] distribute (something) in a specified way :you can spread the payments over as long a period as you like.3 [with obj. and adverbial ] apply (a substance) to an object or surface in an even layer : he sighed, spreading jam on a croissant.• cover (a surface) with a substance in such a way : spread each slice thinly with mayonnaise.• [no obj., with adverbial ] be able to be applied in such a way : the whipped butter spreads easily.4 [ trans. ] archaic lay (a table) for a meal.noun1 the fact or process of spreading over an area : the spread of AIDS | the spread of the urban population into rural areas.2 the extent, width, or area covered by something : the male's antlers can attain a spread of six feet.• the wingspan of a bird.• an expanse or amount of something : the green spread of the park.• a large farm or ranch.3 the range or variety of something : a wide spread of ages.• the difference between two rates or prices : the very narrow spread between borrowing and deposit rates.• short for point spread .4 a soft paste that can be applied in a layer to bread or other food.5 an article or advertisement covering several columns or pages of anewspaper or magazine, esp. one on two facing pages : a double-page spread.• a bedspread.6 informal a large and impressively elaborate meal.
Todays word was an easy one but l still enjoyed it! I could look at spreading plants, speading yucky stuff , extending machinery. ect but then l was looking up into the sky and suddenly there were con trails all over the place...just spreading further and further over Putney! There was my word.