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spalding

spalding is the present participle and gerund of spald.

Meaning of spald

Verb

spald (third-person singular simple present spalds, present participle spalding, simple past and past participle spalded)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) To split.

Proper noun capitalized: Spalding

Spalding

  1. A market town in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2422).
  2. A rural municipality and village therein, in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  3. A town north of the Clare Valley in South Australia.
  4. A suburb of Geraldton in the City of Greater Geraldton, Western Australia.
  5. An unincorporated community in Macon County, Georgia.
  6. An unincorporated community in Nez Perce County, Idaho.
  7. A township in Menominee County, Michigan.
  8. A township in Aitkin County, Minnesota.
  9. An unincorporated community in Ralls County, Missouri.
  10. A village in Greeley County, Nebraska.
  11. An English and Scottish habitational surname.

Forms of spalding

alternative formSpaulding

Words formed from spalding

Questions about spalding

What does spalding mean?
Spalding means a market town in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2422).
What is spalding the present participle and gerund of?
Spalding is the present participle and gerund of spald.
What part of speech is spalding?
Spalding is a proper noun.

Words near spalding in the dictionary

  1. spalacotheriid
  2. spalacotheriids
  3. spalacotheroid
  4. spald
  5. spalded
  6. spalding
  7. Spalding County
  8. Spalding peafowl
  9. Spaldonian
  10. Spaldonians
  11. spalds

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