wide-spreading

[ wahyd-spred-ing ]

adjective

1. spreading over or covering a large area:

   wide-spreading showers; wide-spreading ivy.

2. affecting or reaching a large area:

   a wide-spreading infection.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wide-spreading¹

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

When they reached this place they were very tired, and sat down by a spring beneath the wide-spreading branches of a tree.

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His high-pressure steam-engine was the pioneer of locomotion and its wide-spreading civilization.

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He thought he heard the ripple of waves on a sunlit shore, and of wide-spreading trees which grew close to the edge of the sea.

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Dick glanced around the room, and then gave a look towards the wide-spreading park-lands.

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It was a huge buck, with wide-spreading antlers, rising out of the bushes where it stood.

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