LekhoriLekhoriTo stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
He spread his newspaper on the table.
To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. simple past and past participle of spread
I spread my arms wide and welcomed him home.
To speedread; to recite one's arguments at an extremely fast pace.
You're assuming that if someone spreads they aren't a good orator. That's flawed logic.
The act of spreading.
No flower hath that kind of spread that the woodbine hath.
Something that has been spread.
An act or instance of spreading (speedreading).
From Middle English spreden, from Old English sprǣdan (“to spread, expand”), from Proto-Germanic *spraidijaną (“to spread”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”). Cognate with...
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If debate is a game, then the execution of a "spread" is like a well-timed blitz in football. Convincing a judge that your opponents' arguments would cause human extinction is equivalent to a successful Hail Mary pass.