verb (used with or without object), out·spread, out·spread·ing.
- to spread out; extend: an eagle outspreading its wings.
adjective
- spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
- diffused abroad; widely disseminated: The outspread news had traveled quickly.
noun
- the act of spreading out; expansion: the rapid outspread of the early American colonists.
- something that is spread out; an expanse: a vast outspread of rich farmland.
verb (ˌaʊtˈsprɛd) -spreads, -spreading or -spread
- to spread out or cause to spread out
adjective (ˈaʊtˈsprɛd)
- spread or stretched out
- scattered or diffused widely
noun (ˈaʊtˌsprɛd)
- a spreading out