Forspread

/fɔrˈsprɛd/ verb

Definition

To spread out widely or completely; to scatter extensively.

Etymology

From Old English 'for-' (thoroughly, completely) + 'spread.' This combines a Germanic prefix intensifier with the common word 'spread' to show total dispersal.

Kelly Says

Medieval texts used 'forspread' to describe things completely scattered across landscapes—it's how writers before modern English made adjectives more vivid with prefixes instead of adverbs.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
አንድ ቦታ ላይ እንደሚያደርግ
an-d bo-ta la-i en-de-mi-ya-der-g
ARالعربية
انتشار
in-ta-shar
BNবাংলা
প্রচার
pro-char
CACatalà
difondre
dee-fon-dre
CSČeština
šířit
sheer-it
DADansk
sætte ud
se-tte oo-t
DEDeutsch
verbreiten
ver-brei-ten
ELΕλληνικά
διασπείρ
dee-as-pee-r
ESEspañol
difundir
dee-foon-deer
FAفارسی
انتشار دادن
in-ta-shar da-dan
FISuomi
levittää
le-vee-taa
FRFrançais
propager
pro-pa-ger
GUGU
ફેલાવવું
fe-la-av-vu
HAHA
yiye
yee-ye
HEעברית
ל広ות
le-hro-oth
HIहिन्दी
प्रसारित करना
pra-sa-arit karna
HUMagyar
terjedni
ter-jed-ni
IDBahasa Indonesia
menyebarkan
me-nyeb-ar-kan
IGIG
kwuo
kwo-o
ITItaliano
diffondere
dee-fon-deh-re
JA日本語
広める
hiro-meru
KKKK
қабыл алу
qa-byl a-lu
KMKM
ប Fluent សំដី
bo-o-n-sa-m-dei
KO한국어
퍼뜨리다
ppeo-tteo-ri-da
MRMR
प्रसारित करणे
pra-sa-arit kar-ne
MSBahasa Melayu
menyebarkan
me-nyeb-ar-kan
MYမြန်မာ
ဖြန့်ချိ
h-pyin-cha-chi
NLNederlands
verspreiden
ver-spre-i-den
NONorsk
sende ut
sen-de oot
PAPA
ਫੈਲਾ
fe-la
PLPolski
rozpowszechniać
ro-z-po-s-vech-nia-ć
PTPortuguês
propagar
pro-pa-gar
RORomână
propaga
pro-pa-ga
RUРусский
распространять
ras-pro-stra-nyat
SVSvenska
sprida
s-pree-da
SWKiswahili
usambazisha
oo-sa-m-ba-zi-sha
TAதமிழ்
பரப்ப
par-pa
TEతెలుగు
ప్రసరించు
pra-sa-rin-chu
THไทย
แพร่กระจาย
prae-kra-cha-ai
TLTL
ipalat
i-pa-lat
TRTürkçe
yaymak
ya-mak
UKУкраїнська
розповсюджувати
roz-pov-syu-zhu-vaty
URاردو
پھیلانا
phee-la-na
VITiếng Việt
phân bố
phan-bo
YOYO
fiwọ
fee-wo
ZH中文
传播
chuánbō
ZUZU
kuthula
koo-thoo-la

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