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span, sweep, vastness, stretch, reach, breadth, depth, size,
dimensions, compass, limits, bounds, boundary or boundaries: As
our craft accelerated past the moon, we were awed by the spread
of empty space that lay before us. 10 range, extent, scope,
span, difference: There was too much of a spread between the
cost and the selling price. 11 feast, banquet, meal, dinner,
repast, barbecue; table; Colloq feed: I have never seen a
spread like the one laid on for the returning champions. 12
butter, margarine, jam, jelly, preserve, conserve, confiture,
paste, US old-fashioned oleo: What kind of spread do you like
on your toast? 13 ranch, landholding, holding, property, place,
plantation, farm, homestead, place: His spread in Texas
eventually amounted to 10,000 acres. 14 bedspread, counterpane,
coverlet, bed-cover, cover, quilt, eiderdown, duvet, afghan, US
comforter, US and Canadian throw: Leave the spread off the bed,
Carlotta, as I want to take a nap.
spree n. frolic, romp, lark, outing, escapade, revel, wild party,
fling, debauch, orgy, bacchanalia; drinking-bout, carousal,
Colloq bender, binge, jag: Bruce has gone off on another of his
sprees.
sprightly adj. lively, chipper, spry, vivacious, cheerful, gay, brisk,
animated, sportive, active, alert, nimble, agile, energetic,
jaunty, perky, playful, spirited: She is quite sprightly for a
grandmother of 78.
spring v. 1 leap, bound, jump, hop, vault, dart, fly, bounce: He
sprang to his feet when she came into the room. When Tom came to
the stream, he sprang over it. The leprechaun sprang out from
behind a tree. 2 arise, appear, grow, come up, rise, come into
being or existence, be born, emerge, sprout, shoot up, burst
forth: Where the dragon's teeth were sown, an entire army
sprang up. 3 Often, spring up or from. originate, begin, start,
evolve; proceed from, stem from, descend from, derive from, come
from, develop from: He learned how the practice of scratching
the head in perplexity had sprung up. I wondered where the term
horse latitudes sprang from. 4 start or begin or experience or
cause to occur or appear or happen suddenly or unexpectedly,
broach, pop, introduce or divulge or reveal or disclose suddenly
or unexpectedly: The canoe sprang a leak and started to sink.
He likes to spring trick questions at candidates in an
interview. 5 spring for. pay for, treat (someone) to, assume the