vverb.contactdistribute looselySynset:dot dust scatter sprinkle
Examples:- He scattered gun powder under the wagon
Derivationally Related Form:scattersprinklingdispersivedust
Hypernyms:discharge
Inherited Hypernyms:scatterdischargespread
Direct Hyponyms:aerosoliseaerosolizebespangleplashspattersplashsplattersploshspraysprinkleswash
Full Troponyms:aerosolizeatomizebespangledrizzlemistpuddlesaltshowersloshspatterspraysprinklesyringe
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP | They --- sugar over the cake (apply to: scatter)
vverb.motionto cause to separate and go in different directionsSynset:break up dispel dissipate scatter
Examples:- She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
Derivationally Related Form:scatterscatteringdispersiondissipation
Hypernyms:divide separate
Inherited Hypernyms:disperseseparate
Direct Hyponyms:disband
Full Troponyms:disband
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.changecause to separateSynset:break up scatter
Examples:- break up kidney stones
- disperse particles
Hypernyms:change integrity
Inherited Hypernyms:break upchange integritychange
Direct Hyponyms:backscatter
Full Troponyms:backscatter
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Something ---s something
vverb.motionmove away from each otherSynset:dissipate scatter spread out
Examples:- The crowds dispersed
- The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached
Derivationally Related Form:scatterscatteringdispersiondissipation
Hypernyms:part separate split
Inherited Hypernyms:disperseseparatemove
Direct Hyponyms:aerosoliseaerosolizebreakvolley
Full Troponyms:aerosolizebreakvolley
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.contactseparate (light) into spectral raysExamples:- the prism disperses light
Hypernyms:separate
Inherited Hypernyms:disperseseparatechange integritychange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.communicationcause to become widely knownSynset:broadcast circularise circularize circulate diffuse disseminate distribute pass around propagate spread
Examples:- spread information
- circulate a rumor
- broadcast the news
Derivationally Related Form:circularspreaddiffusivedispersionspreadingpropagatordispersalbroadcastdispersivedisseminativedisseminationdiffusiondisseminatorpropagationcirculation
Hypernyms:air bare publicise publicize
Inherited Hypernyms:circulatepublicizetellinformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:carrygeneralisegeneralizepodcastpopularisepopularizerunsowvulgarisevulgarize
Causes:circulate go around spread
Full Troponyms:carrypodcastpopularizesow
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something