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spree<br />

span, sweep, vastness, stretch, reach, breadth, depth, size,<br />

dimensions, compass, limits, bounds, boundary or boundaries: As<br />

our craft accelerated past the moon, we were awed by the spread<br />

of empty space that lay before us. 10 range, extent, scope,<br />

span, difference: There was too much of a spread between the<br />

cost and the selling price. 11 feast, banquet, meal, dinner,<br />

repast, barbecue; table; Colloq feed: I have never seen a<br />

spread like the one laid on for the returning champions. 12<br />

butter, margarine, jam, jelly, preserve, conserve, confiture,<br />

paste, US old-fashioned oleo: What kind of spread do you like<br />

on your toast? 13 ranch, landholding, holding, property, place,<br />

plantation, farm, homestead, place: His spread in Texas<br />

eventually amounted to 10,000 acres. 14 bedspread, counterpane,<br />

coverlet, bed-cover, cover, quilt, eiderdown, duvet, afghan, US<br />

comforter, US and Canadian throw: Leave the spread off the bed,<br />

Carlotta, as I want to take a nap.<br />

n. frolic, romp, lark, outing, escapade, revel, wild party,<br />

fling, debauch, orgy, bacchanalia; drinking-bout, carousal,<br />

Colloq bender, binge, jag: Bruce has gone off on another of his<br />

sprees.<br />

sprightly adj. lively, chipper, spry, vivacious, cheerful, gay, brisk,<br />

animated, sportive, active, alert, nimble, agile, energetic,<br />

jaunty, perky, playful, spirited: She is quite sprightly for a<br />

grandmother of 78.<br />

spring v. 1 leap, bound, jump, hop, vault, dart, fly, bounce: He<br />

sprang to his feet when she came into the room. When Tom came to<br />

the stream, he sprang over it. The leprechaun sprang out from<br />

behind a tree. 2 arise, appear, grow, come up, rise, come into<br />

being or existence, be born, emerge, sprout, shoot up, burst<br />

forth: Where the dragon's teeth were sown, an entire army<br />

sprang up. 3 Often, spring up or from. originate, begin, start,<br />

evolve; proceed from, stem from, descend from, derive from, come<br />

from, develop from: He learned how the practice of scratching<br />

the head in perplexity had sprung up. I wondered where the term<br />

horse latitudes sprang from. 4 start or begin or experience or<br />

cause to occur or appear or happen suddenly or unexpectedly,<br />

broach, pop, introduce or divulge or reveal or disclose suddenly<br />

or unexpectedly: The canoe sprang a leak and started to sink.<br />

He likes to spring trick questions at candidates in an<br />

interview. 5 spring for. pay for, treat (someone) to, assume the

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