spreading

Pluralspreadings

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of spread. Use it for an action happening now or as a noun for that action.

   The fire was spreading fast through the dry brush.

   Spreading jam on her toast, she hummed a little tune.

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2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The act of moving something out so it covers a wider area.

   Like butter going across a whole slice of bread.

   The spreading of the fire was very hard to stop.

   We watched the slow spreading of the oil across the water.

   Similardissemination, circulation, propagation, transmission, diffusion

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   Talking very fast in a debate to make as many points as you can in your time.

   Like trying to say as much as you can before a timer runs out.

   Her spreading was so fast the judge could barely keep up.

   The new debater struggled with spreading during her first round.

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