Phrase Hound found 17 phrases and 17 compound words that contain spreading. The most common are listed below. Open spreading in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 17
- spreading the bedpresent participle and gerund of spread the bed
- spreading the wordpresent participle and gerund of spread the word
- seafloor spreadingThe outward movement of the seafloor from central underwater ridges as a result of plate tectonics; the major cause of continental drift.
- spreading elmSynonym of European white elm: Ulmus laevis, a deciduous tree native to parts of Europe and north-western Asia.
- jam-spreadingThe practice of spreading resources or costs evenly, and thus thinly (rather than concentrating them in one area).
- sea-floor spreadingAlternative spelling of seafloor spreading: The outward movement of the seafloor from central underwater ridges as a result of plate tectonics; the major cause of continental drift.
- spreading like wildfirepresent participle and gerund of spread like wildfire
- spreading gooseberryRibes divaricatum, a gooseberry plant of the Pacific coast of North America
- re-spreadingpresent participle and gerund of re-spread
- spreading outpresent participle and gerund of spread out
- spreading oneself thinpresent participle and gerund of spread oneself thin
- spreading elmsplural of spreading elm: Ulmus laevis, a deciduous tree native to parts of Europe and north-western Asia.
- spreading it on thickpresent participle and gerund of spread it on thick
- spreading oneself too thinpresent participle and gerund of spread oneself too thin
- spreading one's legspresent participle and gerund of spread one's legs
- spreading one's net widepresent participle and gerund of spread one's net wide
- spreading one's wingspresent participle and gerund of spread one's wings
Compound words 17
- manspreadingThe practice of men splaying their legs open wide when sitting on public transport, thus occupying more than one seat.
- womanspreadingThe practice of women taking up extra space on public transport, for example by sitting with splayed legs or bringing large garments or bags.
- carspreadingA tendency toward making and buying larger and wider automobiles.
- sexpreadingThe sending sexual content without the consent of a party from which consent is required, comprehended as a type of cyberviolence.
- superspreadingThe spreading of an infection to many other people from a single individual.
- broadspreadingSpreading widely.
- antispreadingPreventing or countering the spread of something.
- landspreadingThe spreading of waste across land in order to reintroduce it into the environment.
- muckspreadingThe fertilization of agricultural land by spreading manure over it.
- nonspreadingThat does not spread