'Disperse' definitions:
Definition of 'disperse'
(from WordNet)
verb
Distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon" [syn: scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse]
verb
To cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds" [syn: disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter]
verb
Cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles" [syn: break up, disperse, scatter]
verb
Move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"; [syn: disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out]
verb
Separate (light) into spectral rays; "the prosm disperses light"
verb
Cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around]
Definition of 'Disperse'
From: GCIDE
- Disperse \Dis*perse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispersed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispersing.] [L. dispersus, p. p. of dispergere to strew, scatter. See Sparse.]
- 1. To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations. [1913 Webster]
- The lips of the wise disperse knowledge. --Prov. xv. 7. [1913 Webster]
- Two lions, in the still, dark night, A herd of beeves disperse. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors. [1913 Webster]
- Dispersed are the glories. --Shak.
- Syn: To scatter; dissipate; dispel; spread; diffuse; distribute; deal out; disseminate. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Disperse'
From: GCIDE
- Disperse \Dis*perse"\, v. i.
- 1. To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others. [1913 Webster]
- He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor. --Ps. cxii. 9. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'disperse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- administer,
- atomize,
- be consumed,
- be gone,
- bend,
- bestrew,
- bias,
- branch,
- branch out,
- break into pieces,
- break to pieces,
- break up,
- broadcast,
- cease,
- cease to be,
- cease to exist,
- circulate,
- circumfuse,
- crash,
- crook,
- crunch,
- crush,
- curve,
- cut to pieces,
- deactivate,
- deal,
- deal out,
- debrief,
- deflect,
- dematerialize,
- demob,
- demobilize,
- demolish,
- depart,
- deploy,
- detach,
- deviate,
- die,
- die away,
- die out,
- diffract,
- diffuse,
- disappear,
- disband,
- disburse,
- discharge,
- disintegrate,
- disjoin,
- dismiss,
- disorganize,
- dispel,
- dispense,
- dispose,
- dispread,
- disrupt,
- disseminate,
- dissipate,
- dissolve,
- distort,
- distribute,
- diverge,
- divert,
- divide,
- divvy,
- do a fade-out,
- dogleg,
- dole,
- dole out,
- dwindle,
- ease,
- ease off,
- emanate,
- erode,
- evanesce,
- evaporate,
- exit,
- expand,
- extend,
- fade,
- fade away,
- fade out,
- fan,
- fan out,
- fission,
- flare,
- flee,
- fly,
- fragment,
- free,
- give out,
- go,
- go away,
- go separate ways,
- grind,
- hairpin,
- hide,
- issue,
- leave no trace,
- leave the scene,
- let go,
- let up,
- loose,
- loosen,
- make mincemeat of,
- measure out,
- melt,
- melt away,
- mete,
- mete out,
- mince,
- muster out,
- open,
- open up,
- outspread,
- outstretch,
- overgrow,
- overrun,
- overscatter,
- oversow,
- overspread,
- parcel out,
- part,
- part company,
- partition,
- pass,
- pass around,
- pass away,
- pass out,
- pay out,
- perish,
- portion out,
- propagate,
- publish,
- pull,
- pulverize,
- radiate,
- ramify,
- ray,
- refract,
- relax,
- release,
- retail,
- retire from sight,
- rout,
- scatter,
- send away,
- send off,
- separate,
- shatter,
- shiver,
- sink,
- sink away,
- skew,
- slack,
- slack off,
- slacken,
- smash,
- smash up,
- sow,
- sow broadcast,
- splay,
- splinter,
- split up,
- spoon out,
- spraddle,
- sprangle,
- sprawl,
- spread,
- spread like wildfire,
- spread out,
- squash,
- squish,
- strew,
- suffer an eclipse,
- turn,
- twist,
- unfold,
- unglue,
- unleash,
- unstick,
- utter,
- vanish,
- vanish from sight,
- warp,
- waste,
- waste away,
- wear away,
- widen,
- zigzag