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dispersed   (TTS Sound)

The verb disperse has 6 senses

• scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse -- (distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon")


• disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter -- (to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds")


• break up, disperse, scatter -- (cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles")


• disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out -- (move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";)


• disperse -- (separate (light) into spectral rays; "the prosm disperses light")


• circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around -- (cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news")

The adj dispersed has 1 sense

• dispersed, spread -- (distributed or spread over a considerable extent; "has ties with many widely dispersed friends"; "eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe")