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verbspreathe (third-person singular simple present spreathes, present participle spreathing, simple past and past participle spreathed)
present singular third person spreathes · participle present spreathing · participle past spreathed · past spreathed
- UKdialectalobsoleteTo make chapped, as with cold.
noun
- UKdialectalobsoleteThe condition of being chapped, as with cold.
Urrell's own face smarted with dirt, exposure and cold-spreathe. He touched his nose and cheek, felt the crust of grime and chapped skin, and wondered how Agaratz showed no signs of the cold they had been through together.
2012, John Hart, Mammoth Boy, page 106
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APA
spreathe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spreathe
MLA
“spreathe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spreathe. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spreathe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spreathe.
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