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What is the adjective for spreading?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb spread which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

spreadable
  1. Capable of being spread.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. infectious, contagious, communicable, catching, transmittable, transmissible, spreading, infective, pestilent, transferable, pestilential, pandemic, epidemic, epizootic, virulent, catchable, contaminating, conveyable, mephitic, vitiating, catchy, taking, pestiferous, communicative, poisonous, deadly, endemic, transmissive, inoculable, impartible, pernicious, noxious, toxic, malignant, dangerous, unhealthy, contaminated, uncontrollable, harmful, highly contagious, diseased, highly infectious, highly infective, disease-ridden, rapidly spreading, miasmatic, easily spread, noisome, growing, permeating … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “It was flavoursome without being heavy and spreadable without being too soft, said my dining partner.”
      “Plastic lids also continue to impact the dairy-based spread and spreadable butter category, used on plastic tubs and containers.”
      “Transfer frosting to a bowl and cool, stirring occasionally, until spreadable.”
spread
  1. (transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space. [from 13th c.]
  2. (transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. [from 13th c.]
  3. (transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area. [from 13th c.]
  4. (intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated. [from 13th c.]
  5. (transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present. [from 14th c.]
  6. (intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended. [from 14th c.]
  7. (transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer. [from 16th c.]
  8. (transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter. [from 16th c.]
  9. To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
  10. (slang) To impregnate several different women, usually at or around the same time.
  11. Synonyms:
      12. extend, unfurl, unroll, lay, sprawl, stretch, unfold, enlarge, expand, lie, open, arrange, level, open out, outspread, overlay, place, roll out, set, array, flatten, lay on, lay out, lengthen, outstretch, settle, shake out, straighten out, uncoil, untwist, unwind, stretch out, even out, fan out, put on, smooth out, put out, spread out, flare out, open up, unravel, fan, straighten, widen, splay, undo, broaden, unwrap, uncrease, uncurl … more
spreading
  1. present participle of spread
  2. Synonyms:
      3. extending, unfurling, unrolling, laying, sprawling, stretching, unfolding, enlarging, expanding, lying, opening, arranging, leveling, levelling, opening out, outspreading, overlaying, placing, rolling out, setting, arraying, flattening, laying on, laying out, lengthening, outstretching, settling, shaking out, straightening out, uncoiling, untwisting, unwinding, stretching out, evening out, fanning out, putting on, smoothing out, putting out, circulating, disseminating, propagating, transmitting, diffusing, distributing, proliferating, breaking, conducting, dispersing, transferring, transfusing … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Did he feel the spreading wings of the phoenix within himself, and did he believe the hope of the world had taken flesh in him?”
      “We firmly believe this spreading disease of public apathy is quite well demonstrated by what you are about to hear.”
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