Associations to the word «Spreading»

Wiktionary

SPREADING, verb. Present participle of spread
SPREADING, noun. The act by which something is spread.
SPREADING GOOSEBERRY, noun. Ribes divaricatum, a gooseberry plant of the Pacific coast of North America
SPREADING GOOSEBERRY, noun. The black berry of this plant.

Dictionary definition

SPREADING, noun. Process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space.
SPREADING, noun. The opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate.
SPREADING, noun. Act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope