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uitzaaien — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • broadcast verb To transmit a program or message by radio, television, or similar means to a wide audience.
  • metastasize verb Of cancer cells, to spread from the original tumour to other parts of the body through the blood or lymphatic system.

Senses

uitzaaien is used for these senses in English:

  • broadcast (transitive, agriculture, horticulture, archaic) To sow seeds over a wide area.
  • metastasize (intransitive, medicine, of a disease or tumor) To spread to other sites in the body; to undergo metastasis.

broadcast — full definition

  1. verb To transmit a program or message by radio, television, or similar means to a wide audience.
  2. noun A radio or television program transmitted to the public.

metastasize — full definition

  1. verb Of cancer cells, to spread from the original tumour to other parts of the body through the blood or lymphatic system.
  2. verb To spread and grow worse in a way that becomes hard to contain, used of problems, rumours or conflicts.

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