verb
- to spread out or extend over a wide area; to unfold or expand
Usage: archaic or literary; transitive verb
Examples
- The peacock dispread its magnificent tail feathers in a brilliant display.
- The map was dispread across the table for all to examine.
- Wings dispread, the eagle soared above the valley.
- The vines dispread across the garden wall over many seasons.
- She dispread the fabric to show its full pattern.