| slovo | definícia |
spreading
(mass) | spreading
- šírenie |
spreading
(encz) | spreading,pokrývání n: Zdeněk Brož |
spreading
(encz) | spreading,rozprostírání n: Zdeněk Brož |
spreading
(encz) | spreading,rozprostření n: Zdeněk Brož |
spreading
(encz) | spreading,rozšiřování n: Zdeněk Brož |
spreading
(encz) | spreading,šíření n: Zdeněk Brož |
Spreading
(gcide) | Spread \Spread\ (spr[e^]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spread; p. pr.
& vb. n. Spreading.] [OE. spreden, AS. spraedan; akin to D.
spreiden, spreijen, LG. spreden, spreen, spreien, G.
spreiten, Dan. sprede, Sw. sprida. Cf. Spray water flying
in drops.]
1. To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only; to
stretch or expand to a broad or broader surface or extent;
to open; to unfurl; as, to spread a carpet; to spread a
tent or a sail.
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He bought a parcel of a field where he had spread
his tent. --Gen. xxxiii.
19.
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Here the Rhone
Hath spread himself a couch. --Byron.
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2. To extend so as to cover something; to extend to a great
or greater extent in every direction; to cause to fill or
cover a wide or wider space.
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Rose, as in a dance, the stately trees, and spread
Their branches hung with copious fruit. --Milton.
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3. To divulge; to publish, as news or fame; to cause to be
more extensively known; to disseminate; to make known
fully; as, to spread a report; -- often accompanied by
abroad.
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They, when they were departed, spread abroad his
fame in all that country. --Matt. ix.
31.
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4. To propagate; to cause to affect great numbers; as, to
spread a disease.
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5. To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia; to emit; as,
odoriferous plants spread their fragrance.
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6. To strew; to scatter over a surface; as, to spread manure;
to spread lime on the ground.
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7. To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to
spread a table.
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Boiled the flesh, and spread the board. --Tennyson.
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To spread cloth, to unfurl sail. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
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Syn: To diffuse; propagate; disperse; publish; distribute;
scatter; circulate; disseminate; dispense.
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spreading
(wn) | spreading
n 1: process or result of distributing or extending over a wide
expanse of space [syn: spread, spreading]
2: the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate
[syn: dissemination, airing, public exposure,
spreading]
3: act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or
time [syn: spread, spreading] |
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spreading
(mass) | spreading
- šírenie |
overspreading
(encz) | overspreading,rozprostření n: Jiří Dadák |
risk spreading
(encz) | risk spreading, |
spreading
(encz) | spreading,pokrývání n: Zdeněk Brožspreading,rozprostírání n: Zdeněk Brožspreading,rozprostření n: Zdeněk Brožspreading,rozšiřování n: Zdeněk Brožspreading,šíření n: Zdeněk Brož |
spreading bellflower
(encz) | spreading bellflower, n: |
spreading dogbane
(encz) | spreading dogbane, n: |
spreading factor
(encz) | spreading factor, n: |
spreading fleabane
(encz) | spreading fleabane, n: |
spreading of risks
(encz) | spreading of risks, |
spreading pogonia
(encz) | spreading pogonia, n: |
wide-spreading
(encz) | wide-spreading, adj: |
Bespreading
(gcide) | Bespread \Be*spread"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bespread; p. pr. &
vb. n. Bespreading.]
To spread or cover over.
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The carpet which bespread
His rich pavilion's floor. --Glover.
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Broadspreading
(gcide) | Broadspreading \Broad"spread`ing\, a.
Spreading widely.
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Overspreading
(gcide) | Overspread \O`ver*spread"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overspread; p.
pr. & vb. n. Overspreading.] [AS. oferspr[=ae]dan.]
To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the
earth. --Chaucer.
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Those nations of the North
Which overspread the world. --Drayton.
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spreading adder
(gcide) | Puff \Puff\, n. [Akin to G. & Sw. puff a blow, Dan. puf, D. pof;
of imitative origin. Cf. Buffet.]
1. A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth;
hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a
whiff. " To every puff of wind a slave." --Flatman.
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2. Anything light and filled with air. Specifically:
(a) A puffball.
(b) kind of light pastry.
(c) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair
with powder.
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3. An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially
one in a public journal.
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Puff adder. (Zool.)
(a) Any South African viper belonging to Clotho and
allied genera. They are exceedingly venomous, and have
the power of greatly distending their bodies when
irritated. The common puff adder (Vipera arietans,
or Clotho arietans) is the largest species, becoming
over four feet long. The plumed puff adder ({Clotho
cornuta}) has a plumelike appendage over each eye.
(b) A North American harmless snake ({Heterodon
platyrrhinos}) which has the power of puffing up its
body. Called also hog-nose snake, flathead,
spreading adder, and blowing adder.
Puff bird (Zool.), any bird of the genus Bucco, or family
Bucconid[ae]. They are small birds, usually with
dull-colored and loose plumage, and have twelve tail
feathers. See Barbet
(b) .
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Spreadingly
(gcide) | Spreadingly \Spread"ing*ly\, adv.
Increasingly.
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The best times were spreadingly infected. --Milton.
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spreading
(wn) | spreading
n 1: process or result of distributing or extending over a wide
expanse of space [syn: spread, spreading]
2: the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate
[syn: dissemination, airing, public exposure,
spreading]
3: act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or
time [syn: spread, spreading] |
spreading bellflower
(wn) | spreading bellflower
n 1: European perennial bellflower that grows in clumps with
spreading stems and blue or white flowers [syn: {tussock
bellflower}, spreading bellflower, Campanula carpatica] |
spreading dogbane
(wn) | spreading dogbane
n 1: North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose
cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in
joints [syn: common dogbane, spreading dogbane,
rheumatism weed, Apocynum androsaemifolium] |
spreading factor
(wn) | spreading factor
n 1: an enzyme (trade name Hyazyme) that splits hyaluronic acid
and so lowers its viscosity and increases the permeability
of connective tissue and the absorption of fluids [syn:
hyaluronidase, spreading factor, Hyazyme] |
spreading fleabane
(wn) | spreading fleabane
n 1: well-branched plant with hairy leaves and stems each with a
solitary flower head with narrow white or pink or lavender
rays; western North America [syn: spreading fleabane,
Erigeron divergens] |
spreading pogonia
(wn) | spreading pogonia
n 1: orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink
flowers having funnel-shaped lip; sometimes placed in genus
Pogonia [syn: spreading pogonia, {funnel-crest rosebud
orchid}, Cleistes divaricata, Pogonia divaricata] |
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