Spread meant as a greeting (7)
I believe the answer is:
namaste
'a greeting' is the definition.
(I know that Namaste is a salutation)
'spread meant as' is the wordplay.
'spread' is an anagram indicator.
'meant'+'as'='meantas'
'meantas' with letters rearranged gives 'NAMASTE'.
(Other definitions for namaste that I've seen before include "salutation" , "sign of respect" , "greeting" .)