1. (Économie) Écart entre deux valeurs, deux taux.
Le spread de taux correspond à l'écart de taux entre deux obligations de même maturité.
(Le Captain', Spread de taux: risque de crédit, de liquidité et aversion au risque, 2 octobre 2012. Article sur le site www.captaineconomics.fr)
2. (Serrurerie) Petite éminence qui sur le panneton d'une clé bénarde empêche celle-ci de traverser la serrure.
3. On obtient donc suite à la découpe un nombre de jeux d'éléments équivalent au nombre de matériaux utilisés. On peut ainsi créer différents meubles présentant des motifs similaires mais aux matériaux inversés. Il est d'usage depuis le XVIIIe siècle d'appeler les compositions où le matériau organique (bois, écaille de tortue) compose le fond première partie et les compositions où le matériau métallique (laiton ou étain) compose le fond seconde partie ou contre-partie.
4. Le terme première partie se réfère généralement à tout artiste qui se produit à un concert avant le spectacle (ou l'artiste principal). Parfois, mais rarement, ils se produisent à nouveau à la fin du concert.
5. Forme pronominale de faire.
6. (Pronominal) (Impersonnel) Être convenable. ? Note : Se dit surtout des actes de politesse ou de cérémonie qu'il de bon ton d'accomplir en telle ou telle circonstance.
Dites-moi, je vous prie, ce qui se fait en pareille circonstance.
Vous auriez dû envoyer une carte, cela se fait toujours.
7. (Pronominal) (Impersonnel) Arriver.
Comment peut-il se faire que vous n'en sachiez rien ?
On ne sait comment cela s'est fait.
Il se fait bien des choses qu'on s'explique mal.
Il se fit un moment de silence.
Il s'est fait beaucoup de fentes dans cette muraille.
8. (Pronominal) (Vulgaire) Posséder sexuellement.
Il se fait au moins trois nanas par semaine.
9. (Pronominal) Être couramment pratiqué.
Le jaune se fait beaucoup cette année.
Ici, ce sont des choses qui se font.
Cela se faisait dans le temps.
10. (Pronominal) Être possible, se produire.
Il faut espérer que la paix se fasse.
Je crois que le mariage se fera bientôt.
Ces choses-là ne se font pas aisément.
Si cela peut se faire, j'en serai ravi.
Si c'est une chose qui puisse se faire, je vous en aurai obligation.
11. (Pronominal) Se créer.
Il s'est fait du tort à lui-même.
Se faire des amis, des relations, des ennemis, un nom, une situation?
12. [verb] (transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space. [from 13th c.]
13. [verb] (transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. [from 13th c.]
14. [verb] (transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area. [from 13th c.]
15. [verb] (intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated. [from 13th c.]
16. [verb] (transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present. [from 14th c.]
17. [verb] (intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended. [from 14th c.]
18. [verb] (transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer. [from 16th c.]
19. [verb] (transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter. [from 16th c.]
20. [verb] To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
21. [verb] (intransitive) (slang) To open one's legs. [from 20th c.]
22. [noun] The act of spreading or something that has been spread.
23. [noun] An expanse of land.
24. [noun] A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.
25. [noun] A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
26. [noun] A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
27. [noun] (bread, etc.) Any form of food designed to be spread such as butters or jams
28. [noun] An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
29. [noun] A numerical difference.
30. [noun] (business) (economics) The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
31. [noun] (trading) (economics) (finance) The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
32. [noun] (trading) (finance) The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.
33. [noun] (trading) (finance) The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.
34. [noun] (trading) An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.
35. [noun] (trading) The difference between bidding and asking price.
36. [noun] (finance) The difference between the prices of two similar items.
37. [noun] (geometry) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
38. [noun] The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.
39. [noun] Process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space.
40. [noun] A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures; 'gap between income and outgo'; 'the spread between lending and borrowing costs'.
41. [noun] Farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle).
42. [noun] A haphazard distribution in all directions.
43. [noun] A tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes.
44. [noun] A meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed; 'a banquet for the graduating seniors'; 'the Thanksgiving feast'; 'they put out quite a spread'.
45. [noun] Two facing pages of a book or other publication.
46. [noun] The expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age); 'she exercised to avoid that middle-aged spread'.
47. [noun] Decorative cover for a bed.
48. [noun] Act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time.
49. [verb] Distribute or disperse widely; 'The invaders spread their language all over the country'.
50. [verb] Become distributed or widespread; 'the infection spread'; 'Optimism spread among the population'.
51. [verb] Spread across or over; 'A big oil spot spread across the water'.
52. [verb] Spread out or open from a closed or folded state; 'open the map'; 'spread your arms'.
53. [verb] Cause to become widely known; 'spread information'; 'circulate a rumor'; 'broadcast the news'.
54. [verb] Become widely known and passed on; 'the rumor spread'; 'the story went around in the office'.
55. [verb] Strew or distribute over an area; 'He spread fertilizer over the lawn'; 'scatter cards across the table'.
56. [verb] Move outward; 'The soldiers fanned out'.
57. [verb] Cover by spreading something over; 'spread the bread with cheese'.
58. [verb] Distribute over a surface in a layer; 'spread cheese on a piece of bread'.
59. [adjective] Distributed or spread over a considerable extent; 'has ties with many widely dispersed friends'; 'eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe'.
60. [adjective] Prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out; 'a table spread with food'.
61. [adjective] Fully extended in width; 'outspread wings'; 'with arms spread wide'.
