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spreading

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?sp??d??/
  • Rhymes: -?d??

Verb

spreading

  1. present participle of spread

Translations

Noun

spreading (plural spreadings)

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

Translations

Anagrams

  • respading

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lengthening

English

Noun

lengthening (plural lengthenings)

  1. The process of growing longer.
  2. (phonology) a type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens

Derived terms

  • compensatory lengthening

Translations

Verb

lengthening

  1. present participle of lengthen

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