wide-spread·ing /-ˌsprɛdɪŋ/
wide-spreading
adj 1: extending far; "beyond the misty gray of the rain he saw the
stretching hutment"; "wide-spreading plains" [syn: stretching(a)]
2: spreading over a wide area; "under the spreading chestnut
tree"; "the spreading circle of lamplight";
"wide-spreading branches" [syn: spreading]