Span

What do we mean by span?

The extent or measure of space between two points or extremities, as of a bridge or roof; the breadth. noun

The distance between the tips of the wings of an airplane. noun

The section between two intermediate supports of a bridge. noun

Something, such as a railroad trestle or bridge, that extends from one point to another. noun

The distance from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger when the hand is fully extended, formerly used as a unit of measure equal to about 9 inches (23 centimeters). noun

A period of time. noun

To extend across in space or time. transitive verb

To encircle or cover with the hand or hands. transitive verb

To measure in spans. transitive verb

A stretch of rope made fast at either end. noun

A pair of animals, such as oxen, matched as in size or color and driven as a team. noun

To harness (a horse, etc.) to a vehicle; inspan; furnish (a vehicle) with animals to draw (it).

Wholly; entirely; freshly: as, my hands are span clean (sometimes spandy clean).

The full extent or course over which anything is stretched or prolonged; the space or time covered or included between terminal points; entire reach from end to end or from side to side: as, the span of life; the span of a bridge. noun

A part or division of something between terminal points: as, a bridge of ten spans. noun

Extent of stretch, physical or mental; distance over which anything may be extended; reach or grasp, as of the memory or of perception. noun

As a measure, originally, the extent between the tips of the thumb and little finger when stretched out: the oldest use of the word in English. noun

Figuratively, any short space or period'; a brief or limited extent or course; a relatively small measure of continuity. noun

The hand with the fingers outspread, as for measuring or for grasping a handful of something. noun

The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; an eighth of a fathom.

(by extension) A small space or a brief portion of time.

A portion of something by length; a subsequence.

The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between supports.

The length of a cable, wire, rope, chain between two consecutive supports.

A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.

A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.

The space of all linear combinations of something.

The time required to execute a parallel algorithm on an infinite number of processors, i.e. the shortest distance across a directed acyclic graph representing the computation steps.

Words that are spelled similarly to span:
span.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word span:
airfoil, braced, flaps, struts, girder, truss, ignoring, emigration, spans, piers, chord, bridge, clearance, fuselage, viaduct, swiss, arch, roadway, sails, width, wing, immigration, arches, trailing, bridges, deck, citizens, longest, decreased, employs, concrete, citizen, tips, wings, pier, carries, lift, traffic, aspect, metres, swing, suspension, steel, length, genres, ratio, feet, vertical, wooden, mounted, panels, outer, timber, decades, height.

Words that rhyme with span:
man, plan, can, pan, than, fan, scan, ban, tan, caravan, van, japan, an, cyan, clan, san, lifespan, dan, deadpan, pecan, divan, ann, flan, bran, sedan, began, stan, nan, lan, anne, handyman, iran, rattan, afghan, journeyman, superman, ran, batman, gamesman, shan, sudan, caftan, sideman, clergyman, bogeyman, middleman, sandman, mann, snowman, suntan, quean, catamaran, quran, milan, chan, gan, minuteman, tarzan, merman, pakistan, businessman, hitman, caveman, gran, jan, loran, yan, klan, afghanistan, liane, fisherman, saran, straw man, bhutan, kinsman, floor plan, tran, rodin, scran, other than, cannes, doorman, saucepan, zan, strongman, taliban, madman, cancan, kan, tristan, helmsman, moulin, skean, hann, bedpan, kazakhstan, ferdinand, anchorman, moran, walkman.

Adjectives that are often used to describe span:
short, long, year, average, brief, life, entire, longer, normal, limited, digit, single, shorter, wide, human, whole, maximum, clear, main, full, total, and, time, foot, spick, shortened, narrow, longest, simple, central, two, three, effective, finite, reproductive, broad, wider, mean, perceptual, temporal, auditory, immediate, middle, extended, wing, voice, mid, visual, month, centre, reasonable, day, shortest, vast, multi, horizontal, infinite, expected, minute, vertical, hour, hand, enormous, interior, reduced, minimum.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective span:
man, roof, inches, control, depth, iards, counter, worm, america, chapter, files, worms, deck, roofed, channel, considerations, life, gas, psychology, area, network, wire, cameras, load, rom, interview, tween, loading, high, amer, disruptions, new, lengths, restorable, focus, test, coverage, distance, television, eng, camera, wise, piece, cap, diaphragm, length.

Consonant match to span:
spin, spawn, spoon, spurn, spine, spun, spain, spahn, spane, spohn, spann.

Words that sound like span:
span, spane, spann, cepan, spin, spine, spoon, spain, spam, spawn, spun, spen, spon, spang, spahn, spean, spohn, spinne, spange, spamm, spyne, san, spanner, spurn, sping, spans, spanned, spong, spand, spoom, spn, sanne, spim, sahn, spana, spime, spem, spum, sann, sapan, espan, ssan, upin, appin, opan, apan, seen, scene, sam, sane, sang, sen, sewn, aspen, sain, cyan, sapien, cine, sawn, sene, cin, scen, samw, cion, cen, saipan, sein, saine, aspin, senn, cyn, cene, samm, cne, cien, sapin, see in, sayn, saan, espen, sewin, samme, senne, scin, seon, saen, espagne, samb, cinn, sahne, sahm, hspa, sea pen, sangh, cyne, cein, sepon, -stan, ceann, cnh.