Close
Close verb - To position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening.
Spread out is an antonym for close.
Spread out
Spread out verb - To arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area.
Usage example: let's spread the puzzle out on the floor and see what we've got
Both terms in one sentence
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Mifune's hair is close to waist-length and spread out to a magnificent mane from shifting around in one panel.
Source: Rapunzel Hair - You will have thousands of horse mounted archers who will spread out on the battle field and close like a noose and they will "circle and shoot".
Source: Curb Stomp Battle / Video Games -
The disadvantage was that it wasted space; the data recorded towards the outside of the disc was spread out relative to the data close to the center.
Source: Useful Notes / LaserDisc
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