spread vs stretch

spread

verb
  • To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. 

  • To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area. 

  • To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space. 

  • To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter. 

  • To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended. 

  • To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions. 

  • To smear, to distribute in a thin layer. 

  • To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated. 

  • To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present. 

  • To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours. 

noun
  • The difference between the prices of two similar items. 

  • An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points. 

  • The difference between the wholesale and retail prices. 

  • The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity. 

  • The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity. 

  • Excessive width of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper. 

  • Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc. 

  • An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page. 

  • A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread). 

  • Any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams. 

  • The difference between bidding and asking price. 

  • The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone. 

  • An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies. 

  • The act of spreading. 

  • An expanse of land. 

  • Something that has been spread. 

  • A set of multiple torpedoes launched on side-by-side, slowly-diverging paths toward one or more enemy ships. 

  • Food improvised by inmates from various ingredients to relieve the tedium of prison food. 

  • A numerical difference. 

  • The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity. 

  • A large meal, especially one laid out on a table. 

  • A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading. 

  • A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch. 

stretch

verb
  • To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles 

  • To get more use than expected from a limited resource. 

  • To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something. 

  • To lengthen when pulled. 

  • To lengthen by pulling. 

  • To pull tight. 

  • To extend to a limit point 

  • To sail by the wind under press of canvas. 

  • To make inaccurate by exaggeration. 

  • To increase. 

  • To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point. 

noun
  • The ability to lengthen when pulled. 

  • An act of stretching. 

  • A jail or prison term. 

  • Term of address for a tall person. 

  • A segment of a journey or route. 

  • A length of time. 

  • Extended daylight hours, especially said of the evening in springtime when compared to the shorter winter days. 

  • The period of the season between the trade deadline and the beginning of the playoffs. 

  • A stretch limousine. 

  • The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish. 

  • A jail or prison term of one year's duration. 

  • A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration. 

  • A segment or length of material. 

  • A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner. 

  • A single uninterrupted sitting; a turn. 

  • A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it. 

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