Verb
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spread out or open from a closed or folded state
"open the map"
"spread your arms"
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move away from each other
"The crowds dispersed"
"The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"
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turn outward
"These birds can splay out their toes"
"ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
- turn out -
extend in one or more directions
"The dough expands"
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strew or distribute over an area
"He spread fertilizer over the lawn"
"scatter cards across the table"
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set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series
"the houses were strung out in a long row"
- string out -
move outward
"The soldiers fanned out"
- fan out