| SPREADING | • spreading v. Present participle of spread. • spreading n. The act by which something is spread. • SPREADING adj. expansive. |
| SPREADINGS | • spreadings n. Plural of spreading. • SPREADING n. the act of spreading. |
| BESPREADING | • bespreading v. Present participle of bespread. • BESPREAD v. to spread over. |
| DISPREADING | • dispreading v. Present participle of dispread. • DISPREAD v. (Spenser) to spread out, also DISPRED. |
| RESPREADING | • respreading v. Present participle of respread. • re-spreading v. Present participle of re-spread. • RESPREAD v. to spread again. |
| SPREADINGLY | • spreadingly adv. In a manner that spreads out. • SPREADING adv. expansive. |
| MANSPREADING | • manspreading n. (Informal, derogatory) The practice of men splaying their legs open wide when sitting on public transport… • manspreading v. Present participle of manspread. • MANSPREADING n. the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him. |
| OUTSPREADING | • outspreading v. Present participle of outspread. • OUTSPREAD v. to spread out. |
| BANDSPREADING | • BANDSPREADING n. an additional tuning control in some radio receivers whereby a selected narrow band of frequencies can be spread over a wider frequency band, in order to give finer control of tuning. |
| MANSPREADINGS | • MANSPREADING n. the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him. |
| MUCKSPREADING | • MUCKSPREAD v. to spread manure on fields. |
| OVERSPREADING | • overspreading v. Present participle of overspread. • overspreading n. That which spreads over something else. • OVERSPREAD v. to spread over or above. |
| BANDSPREADINGS | • BANDSPREADING n. an additional tuning control in some radio receivers whereby a selected narrow band of frequencies can be spread over a wider frequency band, in order to give finer control of tuning. |