Spread and Tucked

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Spread verb - To cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people.

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Tucked is an antonym for spread.

Nearby Words: spreading, spreader

Tucked adjective - Having tucked or being tucked.

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Spread is an antonym for tucked in fold together topic.

Nearby Words: tuck, tucker, tucking

Ur-Example: First to do the shooting star press, though his version had his legs wider spread and less tucked in than Billy Kidman's, who most wrestlers imitate when they do the move.

Source: Wrestling / Jushin Thunder Liger
However, it's done fairly realistically—the Sarcophagus isn't exactly streamlined while the Freelancers chasing it have their limbs tucked in until they reach it, at which point they spread out to more like the "boxman" position to match its speed.

Source: Variable Terminal Velocity

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