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Spell Bee Word: Spread


What does spread mean?

Word: Spread

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Spread means to open out or cover a surface with something, like spreading a mat or spreading butter. News or laughter can also spread from person to person.

Synonyms: extend

Antonyms: gather

How do you spell spread?

Syllables: spread

Tricky part: The short e sound is spelt ea. Spred and spreed are the usual slips.

Watch out for: spred, spredd, spraed

Memory tip: You spread butter on bread, and both words spell their short e sound as ea.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. spread like wildfire: to become known by many people very quickly Example: "News of the surprise holiday spread like wildfire through the school."

Spread in a sentence

Example 1: Mum spread a clean sheet on the floor for the guests.

Example 2: The eagle spread its wings and flew off.

Example 3: Wash your hands so germs do not spread.

Fun Fact

A wandering albatross can spread its wings more than three metres from tip to tip, the widest of any living bird.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) sandwitch
b) spread
c) chutny
d) biscit

Show answer

b) spread. Sandwich has no t, biscuit has a u and chutney ends in -ey; spread is spelt right.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

sprread

a) e
b) d
c) a
d) r

Show answer

d) r. There is only one r, right after sp.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

spread

a) collect
b) scatter
c) stack
d) fold

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b) scatter. To scatter is to spread things around; collecting, folding and stacking bring them together.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can you spread with a knife?

a) grapes
b) popcorn
c) jam
d) noodles

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c) jam

2. A creeper that spreads ____.

a) grows more and more slowly
b) dries up on its own
c) stays in one small patch
d) covers more and more of the wall

Show answer

d) covers more and more of the wall

Associated Words

Words that end in -read: gingerbread, shortbread, bedspread, widespread

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: gather

More words from this list

unsure, archery, communicate, disrespect, gain, javelin, nickel, radiant

Next steps

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