What is "spread out"

vb. 1 (context idiomatic intransitive English) Become further apart. 2 (context idiomatic transitive English) To place items further apart.

1. v. move outward; "The soldiers fanned out" [syn: diffuse, spread, fan out]

2. set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series; "the houses were strung out in a long row" [syn: string out]

3. strew or distribute over an area; "He spread fertilizer over the lawn"; "scatter cards across the table" [syn: spread, scatter]

4. extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands" [syn: expand] [ant: shrink]

5. turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees" [syn: turn out, splay, rotate]

6. move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"; [syn: disperse, dissipate, scatter]

7. spread out or open from a closed or folded state; "open the map"; "spread your arms" [syn: unfold, spread, open] [ant: fold]