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Antonyms for spreading

Grammar : Adj
Spell : spred
Phonetic Transcription : sprɛd


Definition of spreading

Origin :
  • c.1200, "to stretch out, to send in various directions," probably from Old English -sprædan (especially in tosprædan "to spread out," and gesprædung "spreading"), from Proto-Germanic *spraidijanan (cf. Danish sprede, Old Swedish spreda, Middle Dutch spreiden, Old High German and German spreiten "to spread"), probably from PIE *sper- "to strew" (see sprout (v.)). Reflexive sense of "to extend, expand" is attested from mid-14c.
  • adj extended
  • adj extending
Example sentences :
  • That kind of thing is spreading very much in our circle too.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • "There," said I, spreading the speller flat on the table and pointing with my finger.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • They talked only of him, spreading out his gifts as if to shame hers.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • The diskoid was the apex, the spreading base all of Great New York.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • The mother was spreading out my clothes before the fire to dry.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • Spreading them, he flew down to earth and at once turned into a man again.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • To keep a fire from spreading from one department into the other?
  • Extract from : « Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts » by Roy Rutherford Bailey
  • I doubted not that, true to his relentless purpose, he was spreading the news that he had learnt.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
  • We see better ways of spreading 158 the fruits of civilization.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • Its spreading, riant beauty is hidden behind that little cliff.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

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