spread out
Not tightly clustered
Spread out means to extend over a wider area or arrange with space between elements.
People spread out across a field to search it thoroughly.
Documents spread out on a table are arranged so each is visible.
A city that's spread out covers a large geographic area with low density.
The phrase also describes becoming less concentrated: The crowd spread out after the concert ended.
As an adjective, spread-out describes things distributed across space or time: a spread-out schedule, a spread-out neighborhood.
Pull to extend
- unfoldSpread open from closed
- extendMake longer or larger
- widenExpand in breadth
- open upReveal inner thoughts
unfurl · flatten · enlarge · broaden · splay · unroll · sprawl · reach
Distribute in random directions
- distributeDivide and deliver
- separateTo set apart
- disseminateSpread information widely
- diffuseSpread thinly throughout
strew · sprinkle · radiate · diverge · decentralize · disband · dispel · dissipate
stretch
Pull to extend
open up · unfurl · flatten · enlarge · broaden · splay · unroll · sprawl · reach · elongate
scatter
Distribute in random directions
- distributeDivide and deliver
- separateTo set apart
- disseminateSpread information widely
diffuse · strew · sprinkle · radiate · diverge · decentralize · disband · dispel · dissipate · sow
- resting positionslie down, lie flat, recline, repose, prone
- motion idiomsin motion, on the move, on the go, move forward, move along
- dividing and givingdistribute, allocate, divide, give, share
- commandsgo, stop, wait, come, run
- reduce/lessenreduce, shrink, lessen, decrease, diminish
- Three StoogesLarry, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, stooge, eye poke
spread outclustered
Gathered closely together
gathered · concentrated · grouped · huddled · crowded together
spread outcompressed
Reduced by pressure
concentrated · simultaneous · all at once · bunched · condensed
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