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misspread

verb

Etymology

From mis- + spread.

  1. derived from *(s)per-✻
  2. inherited from *spraidijaną✻
  3. inherited from sprǣdan
  4. inherited from spreden
  5. prefixed as misspread — “mis + spread”

Definitions

  1. To spread incorrectly or inappropriately.

    • Never shall Obloquy your mansion seek, Or Anguish blight the roses on your cheek; Nor vagrant Zephyr insolent misspread The hazel-curling tresses of thy envied head!
    • Misspread material is fed back to the forming station.
    • Back brooming to redistribute and realign any misspread aggregate was also carried out.

  2. An instance of misspreading.

    • The weight is controlled in order to reject misspreads.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for misspread. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA