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spreadings

spreadings is the plural of spreading.

Meaning of spreading

Noun (1)

spreading (countable and uncountable, plural spreadings)

  1. The act by which something is spread.
    • 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.1991, Samuel D. Robbins, Wisconsin Birdlife: Population & Distribution Past & Present, page 579

Noun (2)

spreading (uncountable)

  1. (debating slang) The act of spreading (speedreading).
    • Chief among the strategies exploiting this rule was "spreading" (a combination of "speed" and "reading"), where debaters would rattle off arguments at a blistering pace. Their speeches often exceeded 300 words per minute. (A conversational pace is about 60 per minute.)2017 September 26, Jack McCordick, “The Corrosion of High School Debate—And How It Mirrors American Politics”, in America, New York, N.Y.: America Press Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original...

Phrases with spreadings

Questions about spreadings

What is spreadings the plural of?
Spreadings is the plural of spreading.

Words near spreadings in the dictionary

  1. spreading out
  2. spreading the bed
  3. spreading the word
  4. spreadingly
  5. spreadingness
  6. spreadings
  7. spreadly
  8. spreadmart
  9. spreadmarts
  10. spreadover
  11. spreadovers

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