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1. Especially spread in a fan shape
   "the spread-out cards"
   - fanned

1. Move outward
   "The soldiers spread out"
   - diffuse, spread, fan out
    
2. Set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series
   "the houses were spread out in a long row"
   - string out
    
3. Strew or distribute over an area
   "He spread out fertilizer over the lawn"
   - spread, scatter
    
4. Extend in one or more directions
   "The dough spreads out"
   - expand
    
5. Turn outward
   - turn out, splay, rotate
    
6. Move away from each other
   "The crowds spread out"
   - disperse, dissipate, scatter
    
7. Spread out or open from a closed or folded state
   "spread out your arms"
   - unfold, spread, open

Derived forms: spreading out, spreads out, spread out

See also: distributed, spread

Type of: arrange, circulate, distribute, grow, part, pass around, pass on, separate, set up, split, spread, turn, undo