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SPREADING

\spɹˈɛdɪŋ], \spɹˈɛdɪŋ], \s_p_ɹ_ˈɛ_d_ɪ_ŋ]\

Definitions of SPREADING

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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resembling a bush in being thickly branched and spreading
spreading over a wide area; "under the spreading chestnut tree"; "the spreading circle of lamplight"; "wide-spreading branches"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

resembling a bush in being thickly branched and spreading
spreading over a wide area; "under the spreading chestnut tree"; "the spreading circle of lamplight"; "wide-spreading branches"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

of Spread

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Extending over a large space.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Extending over a large space; wide.
Act of extending or expanding.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. Act of extending or extension ;-act of publishing or propagating ; diffusion.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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