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disperse

English

  1. 🔊 separate (light) into spectral rays
    “the prism disperses light”
  2. 🔊 move away from each other
    “The crowds dispersed”
  3. 🔊 to cause to separate and go in different directions
    “She waved her hand and scattered the crowds”
  4. 🔊 cause to separate
    “break up kidney stones”
  5. 🔊 distribute loosely
    “He scattered gun powder under the wagon”
  6. 🔊 cause to become widely known
    “spread information”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 desperdigar to disperse
  2. 🔊 dispersar to disperse

Similar words

break up scatter circulate circularize circularise distribute disseminate propagate broadcast spread diffuse pass around scatter sprinkle dot dust dissipate scatter spread out dissipate dispel break up scatter administer