Spreading meaning : To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space. To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area. To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated. To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present. To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended. To smear, to distribute in a thin layer. To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter. To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions. To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours. The act by which something is spread.