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Webster 1828 Edition

, SPREDDING,

ppr.

Extending; expanding; propagating; divulging; dispersing; diffusing.

a. Extending or extended over a large space; wide; as the spreading oak.

Gov. Winthrop and his associates at Charleston had for a church a large spreading tree.

, SPREDDING,

Noun.

The act of extending, dispersing or propagating.

spreading

present participle of spread
- 2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, The Guardian Weekly^{Urban canopies let nature bloom]}, volume 188, number 22, page 30:
  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.

spreading ‎(plural spreadings)

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