• Spreading

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -É›dɪŋ

    Verb

    spreading
    1. Present participle of spread
      • 2013-05-10, Audrey Garric, As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.

    Full definition of spreading

    Noun

    spreading

    (plural spreadings)
    1. The act by which something is spread.
      • 1991, Samuel D. Robbins, Wisconsin Birdlife: Population & Distribution Past & Present (page 579)Small numbers meadowlarks remain on farms in the southern counties throughout the winter, usually relying on fresh manure spreadings for food when snow covers the fields.
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