spread with

spread (something) with (something)

1. To move, disperse, or be distribute some substance using some implementation. Why on earth are you spreading butter with a spoon? We'll need to spread the tar with a special kind of roller.
2. To cover or coat something with a layer of some substance. The crackers keep breaking apart in my hands when I try to spread them with peanut butter! I spent the day spreading the field with fertilizer.
See also: spread
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

spread something with something

to cover something with a coat of something. Using the roller, Judy spread the wall with a thick coat of pink paint. Spread the lasagna with a layer of cheese mixture and cover that with another layer of lasagna.
See also: spread
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • spread (something) with (something)
  • spoon out
  • spread on
  • spoon up
  • flake spoon
  • born
  • spread to
  • spread to (someone, something, or some place)
  • scatter around
  • scattering
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A novel feature of their paper is the use of discount equivalent yields and the fact that they match the maturity structure of the interest rate spread with the forecast horizon being studied.
The predictive content of the interest rate term spread for future economic growth
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