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spread

adjective

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verb

  1. to smear, apply or lay out across a surface
  2. Cause something to be widely located or distributed
  3. extending, ranging, non-causal distribution
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noun

  1. food that is spread, generally with a knife, onto food products such as bread and crackers
  2. extending, ranging, non-causal distribution
  3. be caused to be widely located or distributed
  4. smear, apply, physical smearing of a substance on a surface
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /spɹiːd/ / /spɹid/

noun

Etymology: Blend of speed + read.

  1. An act or instance of spreading (speedreading).

    “If debate is a game, then the execution of a "spread" is like a well-timed blitz in football. Convincing a judge that your opponents' arguments would cause human extinction is equivalent to a successful Hail Mary pass.”

    “It's one L ur chillin just keep practicing read the ballets figure what you did wrong and practice with improvements in mind, get better at spreads and k theory debates.”

verb

Etymology: Blend of speed + read.

  1. To speedread; to recite one's arguments at an extremely fast pace.

    “You're assuming that if someone spreads they aren't a good orator. That's flawed logic.”

    “In my first year on the circuit, I learned to spread and did decently well. I won most of my rounds, not that I could tell you how I did it.”