"spread" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "text": "I spread butter on my bread."
        },
        {
          "text": "They are spreading their religion to new countries."
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        "If you spread something, you make it cover a larger area."
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          "text": "The spilled water spread over the table."
        },
        {
          "text": "The disease spread through the whole city."
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        "If something spreads, the area it covers gets larger."
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        {
          "text": "She spread her arms as wide as she could."
        },
        {
          "text": "My brothers and sisters spread to different places, all over the country, after we grew up."
        }
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        "If you spread two or more things, you move them away from each other."
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        "The past tense and past participle of spread."
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      "glosses": [
        "A spread is something you put on food. margarine and mayonnaise are spreads."
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        "A spread is a large amount of something spread in front of you. This is most often food of many types."
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        "A spread is a large plot of land used for farming or ranching."
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    {
      "form": "spreads",
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        "singular"
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        {
          "text": "I spread butter on my bread."
        },
        {
          "text": "They are spreading their religion to new countries."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you spread something, you make it cover a larger area."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The spilled water spread over the table."
        },
        {
          "text": "The disease spread through the whole city."
        }
      ],
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        "If something spreads, the area it covers gets larger."
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She spread her arms as wide as she could."
        },
        {
          "text": "My brothers and sisters spread to different places, all over the country, after we grew up."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you spread two or more things, you move them away from each other."
      ]
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        "Past participles",
        "Past tense forms"
      ],
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        "The past tense and past participle of spread."
      ]
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      ],
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      ],
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        "A spread is a large plot of land used for farming or ranching."
      ],
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