Definition of spread-out:
(v) :
(transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
(v) :
(transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
(v) :
(transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.
(v) :
(intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
(v) :
(intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.
(v) :
(transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. simple past and past participle of spread