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spidering

spidering is the present participle and gerund of spider.

Meaning of spider

Verb

spider (third-person singular simple present spiders, present participle spidering, simple past and past participle spidered)

  1. (intransitive) To move like a spider.
    • A year later she returned to El Cap and spidered up the wall again — this time in 23 hours.2001, Life Books, Life: The Greatest Adventures of All Time, Time Home Entertainment Incorporated, →ISBN
  2. (intransitive) To cover a surface like a cobweb.
    • High walls surrounded it on all sides, each one covered with the skeletal stems of climbing plants that spidered across the stones, and the ground was cobbled between patches of frozen grass.2011, Jenna Burtenshaw, Wintercraft: Blackwatch, Hachette UK, →ISBN
  3. (Internet) To follow links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
    • The online dictionary is regularly spidered by search engines.

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Questions about spidering

What is spidering the present participle and gerund of?
Spidering is the present participle and gerund of spider.

Words near spidering in the dictionary

  1. spiderhunter
  2. spiderhunters
  3. spiderier
  4. spideriest
  5. spideriness
  6. spidering
  7. spiderish
  8. spiderkind
  9. spiderless
  10. spiderlet
  11. spiderlets

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