Meaning

noun process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

noun a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures

noun farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)

originFrom Middle English spreden, from Old English sprǣdan (“to spread, expand”), from Proto-Germanic *spraidijaną (“to spread”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian spreede (“to spread”), West Frisian spriede (“to spread”), North Frisian spriedjen (“to spread”), Dutch spreiden (“to spread”), Low German spreden (“to spread”), German spreiten…

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