Cover
Spread
Spread verb - To put a layer of on a surface.
Usage example: we spread the fertilizer over the lawn evenly until it was fully covered
Cover is a synonym for spread in bedspread topic. You can use "Cover" instead the word "Spread" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as put on, coat, extend over, open or fan out.
How words are described
| good | good cover | good spread |
| high | high cover | high spread |
| full | full cover | full spread |
| low | low cover | low spread |
| Other adjectives: best, standard, single, actual, entire, real, bad, black, decent, white, new, nearby, slower. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Additionally, troops may run away from a single piece of cover and spread out which can be good considering enemy indirect fire... other times, a man will do so and strangely put himself close to an enemy squad bristling with sub-machine guns, or more illogically yet, a tank facing him.
Source: Video Game / Company of Heroes - Unfortunately, this has done nothing to discourage its spread (and the spread of said album cover), occasionally giving people a very bad image of the band.
Source: Old Shame / Music -
The cover◊ has an image of Adrienne (the underage protagonist) drawn way older-looking than she should be, spread out naked for the reader.
Source: Contemptible Cover
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Spread and Cover. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cover/spread
Cover & Spread. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cover/spread>.
Spread or Cover. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cover/spread.
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