| VERB | contact | disperse, scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust | distribute loosely |
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| motion | disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter | to cause to separate and go in different directions | |
| change | disperse, break up, scatter | cause to separate | |
| motion | disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out | move away from each other | |
| contact | disperse | separate (light) into spectral rays | |
| communication | disperse, circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, pass around | cause to become widely known |
| Sounds | dihsper's | |
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| Rhymes | adverse ... worse: 27 rhymes with ers... | |
| Meaning | Distribute loosely. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust | |
| Narrower | aerosolize, aerosolise | disperse as an aerosol |
| bespangle | dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects | |
| spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash | dash a liquid / liquid upon or against | |
| spray | scatter in a mass or jet of droplets | |
| spray | Be discharged in sprays / sprays of liquid / liquid | |
| sprinkle, splash, splosh | Cause (a liquid / liquid) to spatter about, especially with force | |
| Broader | discharge | pour forth or release |
| Catalan | escampar, esquitxar, ruixar | |
| Spanish | salpicar | |
| Adjectives | dispersive | spreading by diffusion |
| Meaning | To cause to separate and go in different directions. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter | |
| Narrower | disband | Cause to break up or cease to function |
| Broader | separate, divide | make a division or separation |
| Catalan | dissipar | |
| Spanish | disipar | |
| Nouns | dispersion | the act of dispersing / dispersing or diffusing something |
| Meaning | Cause to separate. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "disperse particles" | |
| Synonyms | break up, scatter | |
| Narrower | backscatter | scatter (radiation) by the atoms of the medium through which it passes |
| Broader | change integrity | change in physical make-up |
| Catalan | escampar | |
| Meaning | Move away from each other. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The crowds dispersed" | |
| Synonyms | dissipate, scatter, spread out | |
| Narrower | aerosolize, aerosolise | Become dispersed as an aerosol |
| break | scatter or part | |
| volley | Be dispersed in a volley | |
| Broader | separate, part, split | Go one's own way / way |
| Catalan | dissipar, escampar | |
| Nouns | dispersion | spreading widely or driving off |
| Meaning | Separate (light) into spectral rays. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "the prosm disperses light" | |
| Broader | separate | divide into components or constituents |
| Meaning | Cause to become widely known. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, pass around | |
| Cause to | go around, spread, circulate | Become widely known and passed on |
| Narrower | carry, run | Include as the content |
| podcast | Distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer | |
| popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise | cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public | |
| sow | introduce into an environment | |
| Broader | publicize, publicise, air, bare | make public |
| Similar to | go around, spread, circulate | Become widely known and passed on |
| Spanish | difundir | |
| Adjectives | dispersive | spreading by diffusion |
| Nouns | dispersion, dispersal | the act of dispersing / dispersing or diffusing something |