# spread out

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. Become further apart.
2. To place items further apart.

## Etymology
Analytic form of earlier outspread.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/spread-out