Cryptic crossword clue
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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SPREADING

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What does SPREADING mean?

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

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