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May 27, 2012
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out•spread



Pronunciation: (
—v.out"spred';
—adj.out'spred';
—n.out'spred"), [key]
—v., -spread, -spread•ing,
—adj., n.

—v.t., v.i.
to spread out; extend: an eagle outspreading its wings.

—adj.
1. spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
2. diffused abroad; widely disseminated: The outspread news had traveled quickly.

—n.
1. the act of spreading out; expansion: the rapid outspread of the early American colonists.
2. something that is spread out; an expanse: a vast outspread of rich farmland.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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