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- noun Plural form of
spread .
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Examples
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The word spreads and everyone starts treating Norman differently.
Marshall Fine: Movie Review: Norman Marshall Fine 2011
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The word spreads like wildfire: President John F. Bay of Pigs Kennedy has been shot in Dallas.
Learning to Die in Miami Carlos Eire 2010
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It will also get around if you return good profits—the word spreads fast.
Nothing Down for the 2000s Robert G. Allen 2004
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Every now and then the stores get a huge shipment of rice, or black beans, or beef, or whatever, and the word spreads like wildfire.
Waiting for Snow in Havana Carlos Eire 2003
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When the word spreads around, and it will because my caterer is the best in Virginia, and he loves to boast, no one will be able to resist coming to my party.
Seeds of Yesterday V.C. Andrews 1984
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When the word spreads around, and it will because my caterer is the best in Virginia, and he loves to boast, no one will be able to resist coming to my party.
Seeds of Yesterday V.C. Andrews 1984
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When the word spreads around, and it will because my caterer is the best in Virginia, and he loves to boast, no one will be able to resist coming to my party.
Seeds of Yesterday V.C. Andrews 1984
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When the word spreads around, and it will because my caterer is the best in Virginia, and he loves to boast, no one will be able to resist coming to my party.
Seeds of Yesterday V.C. Andrews 1984
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The topic of conversation was all movies this past week, and the word spreads fast.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com John Hibey 2012
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The topic of conversation was all movies this past week, and the word spreads fast.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com John Hibey 2012
GHibbs commented on the word spreads
spreads is also a transitive and intransitive inflection of the verb to spread, as in the examples on this page.
June 24, 2012